Another protest against the law sponsored by Governor Cuomo to give preferential treatment to the billionaire-sponsored charter schools. the Cuomo law was enacted at the same time that New York City’s public schools are overcrowded, with class sizes at their highest point in fifteen years. The Cuomo law guarantees that privately-managed charters get free public space; that the city must pay for their rental of private space; that they can expand wherever they are currently co-located, even if it means pushing public school children out of their school. Just recently, supporters of Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy charter chain held a fund-raising dinner and raised $7.5 million in one night; but Success Academy will not be required to pay rent for the public space it usurps:
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PRESS ADVISORY
WHAT: Press conference to protest new state law requiring New York City to give charter schools preference for space and resources, while schools in community school districts need space and resources to properly serve public school students.
WHO: NYC public school parents, City Council members, elected parent leaders, public education advocates and allies
WHEN: Tuesday, May 6, 9AM
WHERE: Steps of Tweed; 52 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan
City Council hearing on charter schools to follow at 10AM.
Victoria (Tory) Frye
vicnyc@me.com
646-418-6435
Diane Ravitch's blog 
And now, on top of everything else the president is doing to public education http://www.publiccharters.org/press/presidential-proclamation-2014/
he plops National Charter School week right on top of NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! This is just another slap in the face from both the President and charters!
I will never vote democrat again (and I’ve never voted anything else). The damage he has done to both this country and his party is unbelievable and insulting! He will not go down well in history. Which is kind of sad, for how full of promise he was in the beginning.
So you’ll now vote Republican?