Charter Advocates Face Gap in Mayor Race

Lisa Fleisher:

For more than a decade, New York's charter-school advocates and other supporters of education reform have had a powerful ally in Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

But that is likely to change after next year. None of the presumed mayoral candidates fully support Mr. Bloomberg's policies, which have been at the forefront of a national movement to promote school competition, accommodate charter schools and use test scores to judge schools and teachers.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 11, 2012 2:05 AM
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