It's time for Kathy Hochul to stand up for charter-school kids

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Plus, the Legislature's nickel-and-diming over the years leaves charters getting far less per-pupil funding than other public schools -- in New York City, roughly half as much.
57% : As a result, these schools have had to steal from their operating budgets (themselves far less than what traditional schools get) to cover the shortfall -- at the expense of their 27,000 students.
56% : Teachers unions, which dominate traditional public schools but not most charters, are embarrassed by such results and fear the competition -- and a membership dip if more charters open.
54% : More than a quarter century after New York lawmakers let charter schools operate in the state, they continue to limit their number to just a few hundred.
48% : That desperation is understandable: Last year (much like most years), charter-school kids outperformed those in regular public schools by 9 percentage points on the state English test and 13 points in math.
39% : Top black and Hispanic charter kids saw stunning improvements over their peers at regular schools: About 66% of blacks at charters, for instance, scored proficient, nearly double the 38% in traditional schools; for Hispanics, it was 64% vs. 40%.
31% : And last November, Republican Donald Trump made hefty gains over 2020 in nearly every single Empire State county, including massive gains in New York City.

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