these are the 194 faces of success academy s public middle school in harlem. they love their school, and all the opportunities it brings, but mayor bill diblasio just announced he is closing their school, taking away their hopes and dreams. that ad, how would you like to be on the wrong side of that ad? bill diblasio is facing not one, but two lawsuits stemming from the latest decision on charter school the first from a powerful charter group is suing the mayor for canceling their co-locations. the other lawsuit is from public advocate laticia james who s arguing the administration approved too many charter proposals. joining me now, new york city schoolteacher brian jones, co-producer of the inconvenient truth behind waiting for
joining me now, new york city schoolteacher brian jones, co-producer of the inconvenient truth behind waiting for superman. and james merriman. whenever you get charter school stuff, the hardest thing is to look into the faces after those kids like they were at the rally in the ad and be like, sorry, kids, we re giving you the ax. look into the face of the kids at ps-30, and ps-149 who have had to share space with eva moskowitz s empire. look at the music space that lost its program, the theater program, the physical therapy program that lost its space. you re saying there are losers we aren t seeing from the existing set of arrangements. absolutely. absolutely. i don t want to begrudge any student or family success. we re getting into a dangerous territory here. okay. here s the thing i want to know.
in 4 styles and 31 colors and prints. visit the shirt boutique, only at chico s and chicos.com. . a child that doesn t finish high school will earn less and be eight times more likely to go to prison. i want to go to school. for these kids, their only chance at getting into a great school depends on whether their number is picked in a lottery. so if they don t get it, is there another chance? no. that was a clip from the 2010 documentary, waiting for superman. and this is a documentary about how people feel about charter schools and getting into the regular school system. this is after mayor de blasio decides to gut the charter
schools. with tens of thousands of kids in high-risk areas on waiting lists. but the mayor of new york city not a big fan. why? these are scenes from waiting for superman. did you see that movie? we re going to debate, fair and balanced. and dramatic testimony on day one of the blade runner murder trial. what a neighbor describes what she heard and why prosecutors believe the clothes that reeva steenkamp was wearing can help her convict her boyfriend, oscar pistorius. right back.
honestly, i don t feel this is about unions. obviously, everything a politician does is political to a degree. i think this is about improving the public education school district in new york city, which needs to be done in every school system. but they are up proving it with charter schools. but the charter schools do not take care of the majority of children. they d like to be there. l leslie, sorry to cut you off, but they d like to be there. why are so many parents lining up to get in? did you watch waiting for superman ? it was painful to see all these families who are desperate that their lottery ball is going to be called out and that they re going to get into this school. bob? yeah, there s no question about it. the parents are lining up, like i said, for these schools. you know, mayor de blasio is on shaky ground. it s true that only 5% or so of new york city kids are in charter schools. that s because they haven t let charters grow. they re actually stopping growth o