Shavar Jeffries is the new president of Democrats for Education Reform, making him a prominent African American leader in a movement that's been criticized for being too white and elitist.

Shavar Jeffries, the new president of Democrats for Education Reform, used a hotel in Los Angeles this week to explain how school choice could work. He arrived here Tuesday night, one of his first ...

Shavar Jeffries is the new president of Democrats for Education Reform, as the Los Angeles Times reported late Wednesday. The former candidate for mayor in Newark, N.J., was in Los Angeles this ...

Shavar Jeffries, 38. Democrat, former New Jersey assistant attorney general. Jeffries’ campaign allegedly tore down Baraka’s campaign signs, cut out the faces and left the remnants in vacant lots.

Shavar Jeffries, an attorney who lost his bid to be mayor of Newark, N.J., is the new president of Democrats for Education Reform. Jeffries, who confirmed the news on Thursday, is black.

Shavar Jeffries is the president of Democrats for Education Reform. The organization was an early supporter of President Obama’s and has lobbied for the expansion of charter schools, as well as ...

The only man with a professional law enforcement background in the race for Newark mayor, Shavar Jeffries said the city council deserves blame in part as New Jersey’s biggest capital city suf… ...

Shavar Jeffries speaks at news conference in Newark today to discuss the wave of recent killings in the city. Jeffries' recommendations were framed with emotional pleas from Morman's parents, ...

Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries, center, walks out of a voting booth with his children, Naomi Jeffries, 7, left, and Kaleb Jeffries, 9, after casting his vote, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in ...

Elect Shavar Jeffries for Newark mayor on Tuesday. (Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger) Ras Baraka, son of the late poet Amiri Baraka, is known as a radical, preaching on the street corner about revolution.

Former Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries, shown here in a file photo. Jeffries has been named the head of lobbying group Democrats for Education Reform, according to multiple media reports.

Voters in New Jersey's biggest city and capital city are set to elect new mayors this week to replace caretakers who stepped in after the previously elected mayors left office.