Duncan was surprised that Albany had added $405 million in state aid to public-school districts while hitting charter schools with what amounted to a $50 million cut."That doesn't make sense," Duncan said, after shaking his head for a minute. "These are our kids, these are our schools. If we're serious about it, then let's treat them all the same."
Lawmakers are freezing charter-school funding for the coming fiscal year, which critics say guts nearly $1,000 per city charter student.
Duncan suggested the funding inequity was creating unnecessary divisions between traditional public schools and privately managed charters -- even though they serve the same public-school kids.
"I have two children," he said. "I'm not going to treat my son differently than I'm going to treat my daughter."
Ah, but New York is treating its "children" differently. They give their daughter (traditional public schools) a bigger allowance but impose a strict curfew on them. They're definitely not allowed to date. The forgotten son (charters) doesn't get a very big allowance because he's expected to work for it. Since he's making his own money, he has the freedom to carouse around and generally stir up trouble. A stretch? Maybe, maybe not.
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