charter schools have the financial capacity to physical space and the government's support to thrive and to grow. >> mayor de blasio led his own rally two blocks away returning to push his plan for universal pre-k. >> we are closer than ever to opening next school year with 54,000 full day pre-k seats in new york city. that's tens of thousands more full day seats than we have today and that is a game changer for our children, a game changer for our families. >> joining us now to talk about the schools, the drama and the students we have a professor of sociology at nyu and regina