Friday, March 24, 2006
The Faces Behind The Charter Cap
This morning's Daily News editorial page introduces readers to four of the 278 children who did not get selected in the lottery for a new charter school in Harlem this week. (See previous post on the lottery here.)
From the editorial:
Their parents were desperate to get Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla into Success Charter because they believe it will offer greater educational opportunity than other public schools in their neighborhoods. The families of the 274 other kids whose names were not drawn in the admissions lottery had been just as eager to sign up.
In that respect, Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla stand for them all, as well as for the thousands of children who are on waiting lists for the 62 charters that have already opened in the city - virtually all of them outperforming the surrounding traditional public schools - or are on the drawing board.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, please, look at the faces of Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla and try to comprehend how their hopes, and the hopes of all the rest, are being dashed because you have refused to authorize any more charter schools. Try also to imagine the frustration of parents who are only looking for decent educations for their kids.
Read the whole thing here.
From the editorial:
Their parents were desperate to get Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla into Success Charter because they believe it will offer greater educational opportunity than other public schools in their neighborhoods. The families of the 274 other kids whose names were not drawn in the admissions lottery had been just as eager to sign up.
In that respect, Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla stand for them all, as well as for the thousands of children who are on waiting lists for the 62 charters that have already opened in the city - virtually all of them outperforming the surrounding traditional public schools - or are on the drawing board.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, please, look at the faces of Darshawn, Jaylin, Sydney and Kayla and try to comprehend how their hopes, and the hopes of all the rest, are being dashed because you have refused to authorize any more charter schools. Try also to imagine the frustration of parents who are only looking for decent educations for their kids.
Read the whole thing here.
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