Rich Democrats want to deny poor kids education opportunitiesBy Adam B. Coleman
February 27, 2023
Credit is due to Gov. Hochul, who has decided to veer away from the teachers-union-beholden Democratic establishment and do what’s right: Expand school choice by increasing the number of charter schools in New York City. Her proposal will allow up to 85 more new privately run, publicly funded schools in the five boroughs.
This has angered some state lawmakers in Hochul’s party who rely on political donations from the anti-charter teacher unions.
“This is another way of dismantling our public-school system even though charter schools are considered public schools. This is a direct dismantling, and this will create more disparities and more segregation,” Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn claimed at a legislative budget hearing in Albany.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
About 15% of New York City public-school-age children attend publicly funded but privately-run charter schools.
The overwhelming majority of those 141,000 charter students, 80%, are economically disadvantaged, according to the New York City Charter School Center, and The Bronx features the most charter schools of any borough.
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https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/rich-democrats-want-to-deny-poor-kids-education-opportunities/
