http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/nyregion/30charter.html
The upcoming new school year will be the biggest year of growth yet for New York’s public charter schools, with 29 due to open in New York City alone. But there is debate in the legislature about how much room to make for public charter schools to grow. Earlier this month, a bill to double the number of public charter schools ended in deadlock. As the Race to the Top deadline came and went, New York did not act on lifting its cap that currently limits the number of public charter schools to 200. One hundred and eighty two schools are already running or have been given permission to open and parental demand for more schools is increasing. Michael Thomas Duffy, the city’s executive director for public charter schools, said he continues to court the nation’s best public charter organizations. But, he said, “the air of uncertainty makes our case that much harder to make.”
Source: New York Times (free registration required)
Date: 01/30/2009
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