{"id":1860225,"date":"2023-02-25T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T18:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1860225"},"modified":"2023-02-25T13:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T18:10:26","slug":"ny-post-editorial-board-charters-succeed-at-teaching-thats-why-their-enemies-hate-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-charters-succeed-at-teaching-thats-why-their-enemies-hate-them\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Post Editorial Board: Charters Succeed at Teaching \u2014 That\u2019s Why Their Enemies Hate Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-post-editorial-board-charters-succeed-at-teaching-thats-why-their-enemies-hate-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1860225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Critics regularly complain that charters schools are not meeting the state-exam standards for city children. They do better than kids who attend regular public schools. &#8220;teach to the test&#8221; \u2014 as if that&#8217;s somehow a <em>Bad <\/em>thing.<\/p>\n<p>Tests are used to measure what students should be able to do. Schools that <em>don&#8217;t <\/em>&#8220;teach to the test&#8221; Teaching effectively is not possible. <em>All<\/em>. The critics ignore the fact that charter schools are public. <em>Work<\/em> \u2014 and, most embarrassing to the vested interests that depend on the regular system, work <em>Better <\/em>For children from lower-income minorities <\/p>\n<p>As ex-Gov. David Paterson is a Democrat who fought for more charters in 2010 and was elected as the ex-Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/22\/former-ny-govs-david-paterson-george-pataki-demand-more-charters-to-help-minorities\/\">The Post<\/a>: &#8220;The charter schools took the kids that people said couldn&#8217;t learn. 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https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/230216_Yang_NYP___Success_Academy_Bronx_2_11-38.jpg, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/230216_Yang_NYP___Success_Academy_Bronx_2_11-39.jpg, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/230216_Yang_NYP___Success_Academy_Bronx_2_11-40.jpg, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/230216_Yang_NYP___Success_Academy_Bronx_2_11-41.jpg, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Students at Success Academy Bronx 2. Claremont charter school.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our reporting has shown that students of color in cities have a better chance of success if they go to charter schools, which offer higher proficiency in math and English.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>This is despite the fact that about 80% charter students are considered economically disadvantaged. Additionally, roughly 15% of charter students have Individual Education Plans (usually associated to being in special education). <a href=\"https:\/\/nyccharterschools.org\/policy-research\/fact-sheets\/charter-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NYC Charter School Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, total city charter enrollment is about 41% black and 49% Hispanic \u2014 proof positive that charters are increasing opportunity, not &#8220;skimming the best students,&#8221; As critics also pretend.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Gov. Kathy Hochul&#8217;s push in favor of more charters opening in the city has been the most significant. <em>Genuine<\/em> A progressive idea for education policy. It is also opposed by state legislators. <em>Opposition<\/em> True &#8220;social justice&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/18\/the-ufts-racist-effort-to-crush-charter-schools\/\">At the direction of the majority-white United Federation of Teachers<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the UFT&#8217;s best efforts these last two decades, charters now enroll more than 142,000 New York City students \u2014 about 15% of public-school-age kids. Hochul&#8217;s success will see these numbers rise and more children will be able to pass their exams.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;It is outrageous that the Legislature would prevent mostly minority parents the opportunity to improve their children&#8217;s education,&#8221; thunders ex\u2013Gov. George Pataki was the Republican who passed the charter law&#8217;s original version in 1998. &#8220;It&#8217;s simply discrimination and unfair . . . and there&#8217;s no excuse. Education is the civil rights issue of our time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fight for the power. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics regularly complain that charters schools are not meeting the state-exam standards for city children. They do better than kids who attend regular public schools. &#8220;teach to the test&#8221; \u2014 as if that&#8217;s somehow a Bad thing. Tests are used to measure what students should be able to do. 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