Poor performing schools, relics of 20th-century neglect, ought to close. Charter schools, beacons of hope in many poor neighborhoods, should be encouraged.
This may seem like common sense. But for the teachers union and, regrettably, for the New York chapter of the NAACP, these ideas are heresy. That’s why they joined forces to sue the Read More
State Senator Bill Perkins received the endorsement today of the last two men to run against Mike Bloomberg–Fernando Ferrer and Bill Thompson–in his re-election campaign against Basil Smilke.
And Perkins is running against City Hall as well, in a sense, since he is opposed by many in the charter school movement, which has Read More
ALBANY—John Sampson thinks, not unreasonably, that the State Senate needs a new look.
“We need to come out of the box in January and start to really pass some progressive and positive legislation because people have one characterization of us,” Sampson, the leader of the chamber’s Democratic conference, told reporters during an informal chat in Read More
ALBANY—A plan to double the number of charter schools is not getting a warm reception from two education groups that just sued David Paterson.
“There are ways of doing it, of raising the cap and also of raising some of the problems they’re having with charter schools. Any thing is discussable. We haven’t said, Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson just endorsed lifting the cap on the number of charter schools in the state—a move recommended yesterday by the State Board of Regents—to make New York more competitive for the “race to the top” pool of federal education funding.
“I can appreciate that people have ideological differences with some of the plans, Read More
Liz Green at Gotham Schools has this slide show featuring the scripted questions handed to City Council members, by the United Federation of Teachers, at a hearing on charter schools.
Liz Green at Gotham Schools has this slide show featuring the scripted questions handed to City Council members, by the United Federation of Teachers, at a hearing on charter schools.
