“There was a racist view that black students were inferior. The charter schools blew that racist view out the window,’’ former Gov. David Paterson said.
for elected officials to block the expansion of the publicly-funded, privately managed alternative schools.Ex-Gov. Pataki says it is “absolutely” racist to oppose more charters.“It is immoral,’’ he said. “It is outrageous that the legislature would prevent mostly minority parents the opportunity to improve their children’s education.“Education is the civil rights issue of our time,’’ Pataki said.and the educational establishment.
Paterson recalled going to an event in Harlem, where a charter school held a lottery to select students, and seeing the anguish on the faces of parents whose kids weren’t chosen. “I feel bad for the charter schools that were approved and are languishing on waiting lists to open,’’ the former gov said. “We have to put aside the politics and do what works and not do what doesn’t work.
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