Nyc Charter Schools Snubbed By Zohran Mamdani Transition Team As

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani didn’t give charter school officials and advocates any of the 37 seats on his transition team’s education committee — even though 15% of Big Apple students now attend the city’s 285... The democratic socialist didn’t appoint any officials from the charter sector to his Committee on Youth & Education — one of 17 teams that include 400 people — nor did he appoint members of... “It’s a mistake for Mamdani not to have people on his transition who advocate for families in charter schools — mostly black and brown students,” said Ray Domanico, a senior fellow at the pro-charter... “These charter school students in the poorer neighborhoods score higher on the state’s standardized exams. It’s well documented,” said Domanico, who previously worked for the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, a group that supported charter schools and the opening of small traditional high schools. There are now more than 150,000 students enrolled in 285 charter schools, or more than one in six of all students in publicly-funded schools in the five boroughs.

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Of the nearly 40 people Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped for his youth and education transition committee, notably absent were principals, teachers, and students who are currently in New York City’s K-12 system. Mamdani, who announced the names to his transition teams Monday, centered his campaign on an affordability agenda, including free child care, but had little to say about improving the nation’s largest school system. Several advocates from the world of child care policy and school integration made the list, along with higher education leaders and some former high-level officials from Bill de Blasio’s administration. The members of the 17 transition committees will work on helping Mamdani’s new administration make personnel decisions and provide policy guidance, so the 34-year-old Queens state assemblyman can hit the ground running when he... 1.

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This column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives. Sign up to get the full version where you can ask questions, share news tips and weigh in on the conversation. Hits inboxes on Wednesdays. The prominent leader of New York City’s leading charter network has sent out an SOS to supporters as the schools face the prospect of a new mayor opposed to their expansion. It’s confirmed: If Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor in November, he’ll wage war on charter schools to the detriment of working-class families. “I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” the Queens Assemblyman said in a Staten Island Advance survey, according to the New York Post’s...

“I also oppose the co-locating of charter schools inside DOE school buildings, but for those already co-located, my administration would undertake a comprehensive review of charter school funding to address the unevenness of our... New Yorkers ought to ask Mamdani how his opposition to charter schools squares with his self-styled image as a tribune to the working class. Charter schools primarily serve black and Hispanic students in lower-income neighborhoods. Parents demand more charter options — a request Albany has denied.

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