Obama's education czar charters a course to Brooklyn

Carl Campanile & David Seifman:

In a dramatic show of White House support, President Obama's education czar will visit a Brooklyn charter school Tuesday to help persuade the foot-dragging state Assembly to lift the cap on the number of charters, The Post has learned.

The timing of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's trip is significant since New York has just two weeks to revamp its charter-school law ahead of the June 1 deadline for the state to submit its application for $700 million in federal education funds.

"I hope the Legislature will do the right thing by children," Duncan told The Post yesterday.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 17, 2010 1:01 AM
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