Meanwhile, on the
thorny issue of charter school funding — a tuition aid un-freeze that would see aid increase by $ 1,500 per student paid out by a school district — a potentially large hit for any locality, including $ 200 million for New York City — the proposal would be to have flat funding for charters this year.
But Clinton also signaled her willingness to challenge union orthodoxy on the lightning
rod issue of charter schools, saying that there are some successful charter schools whose approaches should be studied and replicated.
The larger repercussion of the whole affair is the signal it sends of a mayor who has lost control of his narrative, one who has underestimated, for instance, the extent to which the
incendiary issue of charter schools divides his own party.
The Board of Directors brings specific experience in the development of academic programs, teaching and administration, financial operation, and
legal issues of charter schools and other community non-profits.
In addition, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and many in his Democratic conference are again livid with Gov. Cuomo, who they believe continues to work against them while cozying up to the Senate Republicans, particularly on
the issue of charter schools.
«I don't see why he wouldn't address
the issue of charter schools now.
Talks blew up Wednesday evening in part over
the issue of charter school funding, which had been frozen since 2009.
He also said both houses were on opposite sides on
the issue of charter school funding.
On education, Gallagher said he is «torn» over
the issue of charter schools.
For two decades now,
the issue of charter schools has been one that both parties at the level of presidential politics have supported.
Weingarten's comments emerged in a Buzzfeed News report this week about a division among Democrats on
the issue of charter schools and school choice.
On
the issue of charter schools, Buono said she is not opposed to them entirely, but claims they are not being held accountable to the public and local interests.
He asserted, ``... where some of America's best public schools educating some of America's blackest and most disadvantaged kids are concerned, the NAACP's duplicitous engagement of black folks on
the issue of charter schools is the worst kind of betrayal.»
The issues of charter schools and privatization require a sound analysis regarding their potentially positive or negative impact on public education and this is what these hearings are about,» said Chairman Russell.
Among other things, I raised
the issue of charter schools.