Facebook’s $100 million gift will soon mean bonuses for exemplary teachers in Newark, N.J.

    Two years ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to Newark, New Jersey for its schools.

    After a slow start, they’ve just proposed a major new program to reward exemplary teachers with five-figure bonuses.

     

     

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    John Mooney of NJSpotlight.com reviews the terms of the plan and wonders what the reaction of the teachers union and others will be.

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