Blame Game

A new item on the UFT’s web site overlays maps of school closures and charter school openings, showing how they both are concentrated in the South Bronx, Harlem, and central Brooklyn. “This may be a coincidence,” the union intones, “but it certainly doesn’t look like one.”No, it isn’t coincidence. But…

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State Education Department Receives a Record Number of Intent to Apply Requests for New Charter Schools

Last week the State Education Department (SED) received a record 91 Letters of Intent for new proposed charter schools. Seventy applicant groups intend to establish charter schools in the five boroughs of New York City. Twenty-one applicants are from outside New York City and include groups seeking to start schools…

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15 New Charters Authorized

The New York City Charter Center would like to congratulate the following schools for their success in becoming authorized by either the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute or the New York State Education Department. Bronx Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York, Districts 7 or 8 Bronx…

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Chancellor Klein Resigns

Our CEO, James Merriman, appeared on Fox 5 news last night to talk about Chancellor Klein's resignation and the appointment of Cathie Black as the city's new schools Chancellor. In addition, James issued this public statement: Chancellor Klein understood that all children deserve the opportunity to attend great public schools.…

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Race to the Top Deadline

Today is the deadline for charter schools to decide if they’re going to participate in the Race to the Top program. While participating has implications for charter school autonomy, as pointed out by several pro-charter organizations over the past few days, there are three reasons we think schools should sign…

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Meet Our 2010-11 Incubators

Today we welcomed our new charter school incubators for 2010-11. The Incubation Program is part of our New School Institute, which provides trainings, workshops, and support to start-up teams throughout every stage of the charter start-up process. Program participants have access to office space, computers, telephones, storage, and meeting facilities…

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