Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Following Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race
In May 2013, when Bill de Blasio was trying to make a name for himself among a crowded field of mostly better-known Democrats, taking aim at charter schools was an obvious play.
At a candidate forum hosted by the United Federation of Teachers, then-public advocate de Blasio trained his fire at Eva Moskowitz, the leader of the Success Academy charter school network, whom he cast as the embodiment of the same Bloomberg-era education reforms he hoped to curb. . .