«There's a level of institutional hypocrisy here which is actually unhealthy,» said Hess, who is a strong advocate of charter schools. (reuters.com)
All of those positions are opposed by the teachers» unions, and they, along with advocates of charter schools and other groups that back those changes, have already committed hundreds of thousands of dollars this month to television advertisements in New York City and Albany, leading up to Mr. Cuomo's State of the State speech on Wednesday. (nytimes.com)
But advocates of charter schools organized a multimillion - dollar advertising campaign and flooded the capital with protesters. (nytimes.com)