Like clockwork, lawmakers in hock to teachers' union make hysterical...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Meanwhile, a recent poll found that over 60% of city parents want more charter schools and want the cap lifted.
52% : Never mind that the many failures of the regular system have far more families fleeing than just the ones who go charter: Enrollment in Department of Education schools is down by a fifth in recent years; growing ranks at charters is practically the only hope to save public education in this town.
49% : The only way the Mayer-Liu-Jackson-Mulgrew position makes sense is if the real purpose of public schools is to benefit the adults in the system -- and if the established schools "own" children whose families would rather send them somewhere else.
45% : Like clockwork, pols in thrall to the teachers union are lining up to denounce Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

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