sure. 160 public schools were closed during bloomberg, some of which over huge, huge community pushback. i did not see the charter movement, did not see the big donors for these places running rallies or ads like that, multimillion dollar ad campaigns. when neighborhood schools got closed against the community wanting them closed, there was no one there to stage rallies except the folks in the neighborhood. you try to close a charter school, there are a lot of people writing big checks. there s a simple difference. the charter school is really literally one of the highest performing schools in the state. the mayor said today on tv that one in four kids are ready for college in new york city. coming from the public school system. and if this school is getting kids ready for college, that s a school that has to be embraced and he, himself, has reversed course and said we need to find a are charter schools a crowbar to pry open public education? absolutely not. why not? wh
which over huge, huge community pushback. i did not see the charter movement, did not see the big donors for these places running rallies or ads like that, multimillion dollar ad campaigns. when neighborhood schools got closed against the community wanting them closed, there was no one there to stage rallies except the folks in the neighborhood. you try to close a charter school, there are a lot of people writing big checks. there s a simple difference. the charter school is really literally one of the highest performing schools in the state. the mayor said today on tv that one in four kids are ready for college in new york city. coming from the public school system. and if this school is getting kids ready for college, that s a school that has to be embraced and he, himself, has reversed course and said we need to find a tsh. are charter schools a crowbar to pry open public education? absolutely not. why not? why not, because they re public schools. they re public schools
we re getting into a dangerous territory here. okay. here s the thing i want to know. sure. 160 public schools were closed during bloomberg, some of which over huge, huge community pushback. i did not see the charter movement, did not see the big donors for these places running rallies or ads like that, multimillion dollar ad campaigns. when neighborhood schools got closed against the community wanting them closed, there was no one there to stage rallies except the folks in the neighborhood. you try to close a charter school, there are a lot of people writing big checks. there s a simple difference. the charter school is really literally one of the highest performing schools in the state. the mayor said today on tv that one in four kids are ready for college in new york city. coming from the public school system. and if this school is getting kids ready for college, that s a school that has to be embraced and he, himself, has reversed course and said we need to find a are c