Dana Redd | ,
Dana Redd | ,
In 2012, in just her second year as mayor of Camden, Dana Redd made a decision that she knew was not a good move for her political career.
She knew, however, that it was good for the city.
“The Camden school district was performing in the lowest 5% of all school districts throughout the state of New Jersey — 23 out of 26 of the public schools were failing,” she said. “At that time, we did what was probably not politically smart: We asked for the state to come in and to intervene so that we could create better outcomes for young people, reduce truancy and increase the high school graduation rates.”
Redd knew state intervention would help establish two pipelines — one that went from cradle to college to career and another that went from cradle to career.
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