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High school students in Newark are having a hard time getting the education they deserve. The Newark Teachers Union placed billboards in northern NJ calling for action against the large number of recent murders within the city. The billboards state that many teachers do not want to work in Newark schools because of this violence. Shortly after this, a group called Teacher’s Union Exposed put up billboards blaming the unions of protecting Newark teachers who are not fit to work in the schools. Both groups say that giving more money to Newark schools than other New Jersey schools isn’t helping students do better.

Do you think the government should fire bad teachers when there might not be good teachers to replace them? Would decreasing violence in the city open the doors to more good teachers? How can we decrease violence when it is so hard to graduate high school and get a good job? What can the government of Newark do?