The New York Twenty: Real Charter Champions profiles the everyday people who are champions to their children: parents and grandparents who make the critical choice to send their kids to charter schools. (extracreditblog.org)
The signers — a diverse group that ranges from the Rev. Calvin Butts (a longtime ally and suopporter of charter champion Mayor Bloomberg) to Sister Paulette LoMonaco to Phillip Banks, Jr. — are seeking reforms that actually surpass what was in the controversial bill passed Monday by the Senate, including: (nystateofpolitics.com)
California congressman George Miller, Hawaii state senator Jill Tokuda and South Carolina state representative Phil Owens are also being honored as charter champions, along with Sandoval, Kirk, Johnson and Cuomo. (politico.com)