Asbury Park, Elon Musk, and Penetrating the Fog - NJ Education Report

Asbury Park, Elon Musk, and Penetrating the Fog - NJ Education Report

In January the Asbury Park Press reported that four former administrators at Asbury Park Public Schools are suing the district, charging they were laid off after exposing a “pervasive scheme” called “Buy Back” in order to inflate student grades. Then a month later the former superintendent sued the school board and the district because, he says, they fired him for trying to stop the practice of awarding diplomas to students who didn’t earn them.…