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Give Bloomberg Power Over Charter Schools
October 14th, 2005

The New York Sun has an editorial today supporting Mayor Bloomberg’s bid to lift the cap on the number of charter schools that are currently allowed in the state. (The Daily News has also supported the idea recently). Further, the Sun writes that not only the Board of Regents should be allowed to grant charters. The mayor, it says, should also be given this power — something that only one other mayor in the United States currently has the power to do. (That’s mayor Bart Peterson of Indianapolis).

“While the Board of Regents might not be completely uninterested in charter schools, the Bloomberg-Klein team has exhibited something very much needed – genuine excitement about charters and a willingness to make charters a cornerstone of its efforts to reform the city’s schools,” the Sun writes. If Bloomberg is given this power, the Sun thinks that charter schools will be his legacy.

By Joshua Brustein on October 14, 2005, 4:29 pm
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