The state legislative session is underway, and Albany lawmakers have indicated they’re putting raising the charter cap on the back burner, instead focusing on rental assistance to charter schools.
While that matter is important, New York City students are in desperate need of more charter schools now.
Punting the charter-school-cap issue is a dereliction of duty to working-class families.
As the superintendent of Icahn Charter Schools in The Bronx, I see the difference a quality education can make in the lives of our students, who are more than 90% black and brown.
Albany’s failure to fully embrace charter schools is squandering the full potential of countless New York City students who aren’t lucky enough to win the charter-enrollment lottery.
Icahn Charter Schools’ remarkable performance is proof of the success that’s possible when innovative education models are given a chance.
Our students consistently outperform their counterparts in local district schools — schools they would be attending without Icahn’s presence in The Bronx.