http://www.nysun.com/article/73422
As a Harlem State Senator in 2003, now Governor Paterson stood beside Mayor Bloomberg as the Mayor announced a plan to house charter schools in public buildings. Governor Patterson has a long history of support for charters and choice and includes supporting charter school expansion; education tax credits for private school parents, and a proposal to have Edison Schools take over some city public schools. Charter advocates are excited about what Paterson may accomplish in education reform in the state. Paterson is an "education gov" who will courageously tackle once-taboo subjects, said Thomas Carroll, president of the Foundation for Education Reform. The co-chair of the think tank Education Sector, Andrew Rotherham, applauded Paterson as "even more hardcore about school reform" than former Governor Spitzer. Sources said advocates are won over by the passionate and personal way Paterson speaks about education. To defend his support for giving students more options, Paterson speaks about the experience of his own children. His son attends a public middle school in the city, but must travel outside his own neighborhood to reach it. "There was no public school in Harlem he could find," a source said. "It's a personal issue for him."
Source: New York Sun
Date: 03/24/2008
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