 In Newark, Christie hired Chris Cerf to replace Cami Anderson to be the state-appointed authority over the school district Under Christie, Cerf took the politically unpopular move to overrule the democratically elected school board in Newark.Recent research concluded that the reforms pressed by Christie, Anderson, and Cerf were ineffective at improving outcomes in Newark.The reforms in Newark, of which Christie has claimed success, have also been criticized by the New Yorker Magazine and a popular book titled "The Prize".