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Schundler, McGreevey push plans for schools
Originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Saturday, November 3, 2001
Gubernatorial candidates Bret D. Schundler and James E. McGreevey yesterday touted their education proposals during campaign swings across New Jersey.
"Jim McGreevey has said I want to abandon public education," Schundler said at Hope Academy Charter School in Asbury Park, where he spoke about his signature issue, advocating charter schools and school vouchers.
"And, clearly, what I've been talking about all throughout this campaign is how we can reform education so that it does help all children learn," said Schundler, the Republican candidate.
"The Jim McGreevey model is, 'Don't reform schools, just throw more money at them,' " Schundler said of his Democratic opponent.
Schundler also launched a sneak attack on the home turf of his rival, blasting McGreevey outside the town hall in Woodbridge where he serves as mayor, and drawing both supporters and detractors.
"Go, Bret, go!" Schundler supporters chanted.
"Seventeen points!" McGreevey fans retorted, celebrating their candidate's lead in one poll this week. Later in the day, McGreevey emphasized the need to improve public education, at a stop at the Parkade Building in Camden.
"We need to make public education work," he said. "We need higher standards for teachers and principals. We need to make sure every fourth-grade child can read. Right now, 30 percent of third-grade students can't read. And that's a shame.
"I'm going to be the governor that makes sure public education works and is available in the state of New Jersey," he said.
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