Buying Charter Schools
And while we’re speaking of New York, the NY Daily News reported this:
Gov. Paterson gave a stunning reason Tuesday for why he can’t persuade lawmakers to boost the number of charter schools: He can’t afford to buy them off.
“In the past, governors gave them all kinds of resources in exchange for support for these programs,” Paterson said when asked what he could do to get the Assembly to pass a bill increasing charters to 460 from 200.
Gee, I never thought about state education budgets in quite that way.
