Charters kicked out: De Blasio strikes back.

AuthorHertig, Alyssa
PositionCitings - Brief article

IN NEW YORK City, it is common for schools to share a building, or "co-locate," to save money in the high-rent city. But on February 27, the city's newly elected mayor Bill de Blasio reversed the Bloomberg administration's decision to allow three Success Academy charter schools to co-locate with public schools. Without a building, these schools cannot open next year.

Success Academy, which was featured in the 2010 documentary Waiting for Superman, is a particularly successful chain of independently run schools: 82 percent of its students met city math standards, compared to 30 percent citywide. Applications greatly exceed available spots. Most of the students are black or Hispanic and come from poor neighborhoods.

"You're stopping one of the best charter schools with the highest grades," Dyreeta Donahue, mother of a Success Academy student, told Reason TV. "That just doesn't make...

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