Thousands of kids rally in Albany for more charter schools
Haimson: More charters could cost city millions
Roughly 9,000 kids from across the state got a day off from school on Wednesday, as they traveled to Albany to rally for charter schools.
Charter organizations are pushing state officials to open more charter schools and increase projected per pupil funding for charter schools, saying that public schools are “failing.”
“It’s powerful to see everyone united in the same color under the same mission, and to have our kids feel the gravity of being in the state capital to send this message,” said Korey McCants, an eighth-grade science teacher at Achievement First Bushwick Middle School.