NY: John King Wants No Limit to Charters

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1. Daniel Spaniel says:

   December 22, 2014 at 9:01 am

   What in-depth, unbiased coverage….

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   • Duane Swacker says:

     December 23, 2014 at 12:16 am

     Are you referring to the NYPost or to Diane??

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2. rockhound2 says:

   December 22, 2014 at 9:30 am

   There is no arguing with success, is there?

   (Attempting to remove tongue from cheek…)

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3. Mom from District 2 says:

   December 22, 2014 at 10:05 am

   The Regents just refused to renew 6 charters for NYC. That means we have 31 open slots, not 25.

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4. Chiara says:

   December 22, 2014 at 11:45 am

   I think it’s a mistake for NY to deregulate charter schools just as the states that DID deregulate charter schools are RE regulating them.

   Do they LEARN anything from the mistakes other states have made?

   I’ll tell you, it’s an absolute bear to re-regulate once you deregulate. Just look at Michigan and Ohio. It took Ohio 15 years to get to the point where they’re considering re-regulation, and anything that passes now will be so watered down it won’t work. Michigan just tabled re-regulation, again.

   I guess every state thinks they’ll be the deregulatory exception, immune from regulatory capture and lobbying by contractors, until they aren’t.

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   • FLERP! says:

     December 22, 2014 at 12:06 pm

     What do you mean when you say Ohio is “considering re-regulation” and that Michigan has tabled “re-regulation”?

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     • Chiara says:

       December 22, 2014 at 1:13 pm

       Governor Kasich announced he would be “signing” charter regulations next session in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce.

       “We are going to fix the lack of regulation on charter schools. There is no excuse for people coming in here and taking advantage of anything. So we will be putting some tough rules into our budget. We believe in charters.”

       “We will not tolerate people coming into this state making money at the expense of a great education for our kids”

       It won’t work, They can’t regulate hundreds of schools from Columbus. That’s WHY schools were regulated locally. The regulator has to be close to the school. The proposal for new regulation in Ohio is incredibly weak and it will be far weaker by the time it gets thru the statehouse. It won’t make a bit of difference.

       Michigan made this big splashy announcement that they were “cracking down” after it became a political problem for them but announced last week they will wait for the governor. The current governor of Michigan is never, ever going to “crack down” on charter schools. It just isn’t going to happen.

       Look at the language they were using, even back in August. “May” not be allowed to open more schools. The authorizers get a 3% cut of each student’s state stipend, and they’re writing the regulations. It’s a joke.

       http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/08/charter_authorizers_at_risk.html

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     • Chiara says:

       December 22, 2014 at 1:22 pm

       This is the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s editorial writers “lump of coal” list for bad government.

       Charter schools are front and center:.

       “Ohio’s shameful failure to enact adequate oversight laws for dysfunctional for-profit charter schools is another.”

       “Also a lump of coal to members of the Ohio General Assembly who want to either micromanage traditional public schools — intelligent design lessons, anyone? — or give more money to substandard charter schools but won’t spend a second of their time to make sure that Ohio’s traditional public schools are equitably funded. Make that a double.”

       Tell your lawmakers to take a field trip to OH, MI, PA or FL. They don’t have to repeat mistakes others have made.

       http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/12/coal_in_their_stockings_for_20.html#incart_river

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   • Tim says:

     December 23, 2014 at 8:31 am

     I’m not sure that “deregulate” is the right word to describe removing the cap, or (more likely) simply resegmenting the existing cap to allow for more charters to be opened in New York City. There aren’t any changes being proposed to the authorization process or the number of authorizers; no one wants to roll back the prohibition on for-profit schools or management organizations, etc.

     Charter schools educate 3.5% of New York State’s public school students. All but a tiny handful of the state’s charter schools are located in the cities of New York, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, and Syracuse. Between a lack of at-risk students and a lack of interest, there just aren’t many other districts where a charter would have any reason to open. Fears of a charter takeover are greatly exaggerated.

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5. Gordon Wilder says:

   December 22, 2014 at 2:35 pm

   Remove the caps on charter schools? Why stop there? Remove the charters: period or change them to be what was originally intended, to serve the children who have trouble in traditional surroundings. THAT would be a step forward. Too bad some of our politicians are so backward.

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6. NY Educator says:

   December 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm

   In his doctoral dissertation (2008), in which he wrote about his own small Mass. charter and two others, King called on the Mass. legislature to permit the rapid expansion of charters there. He’s never pretended to be anyone other than the charter advocate he is. It’s just taken New Yorkers a while to catch up with the reality of his agenda.

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