“Right now I feel like we are not competitive. I think they [students] are learning a lot of politics, about sex and all this other stuff — but they can’t do math.”
, the United Federation of Teachers, who claim charters siphon funds and students from traditional public schools.Over 500 NYC parents, students rally at City Hall in effort to lift charter school cap
Supporters shouted “Lift the Cap” and held up signs that read “NYC Needs More Charters,” “Asian Families Want More Charter Schools,” and “Kids over Politics.” He continued, “So, parents know what’s in the best interest for the child. Not me. Not the chancellor, not the mayor, not anyone else.” Hochul’s plan would give the city access to some 85 charter school licenses that have not been used in other parts of the state.Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lift the cap has faced fierce resistance from state Democratic legislators.Brian Robinson, who has a 5-year-old daughter in a traditional public school and has another child on the way, said, “We need competition. Competition brings success. It makes everybody raise their level.
“We need charter schools because parents should be in the driver’s seat for their children’s education. Nobody knows better than a parent what a child needs,” she said.
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