School choices for me, but not for thee.
Far left New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani opposes charter schools in the city, even though when he first came to the United States, he attended the Bank Street School for Children, which, according to Wikipedia, charges $37,554 – $68,793 annually in tuition.
From the New York Post:
Zohran Mamdani’s vow to declare war on charter schools if elected NYC mayor sparks outrage from parents, advocates: ‘Very misinformed’Socialist Zohran Mamdani plans to declare war on charter schools if he’s elected mayor, according to a survey he answered — sparking outrage from advocates and parents who called the front-runner’s views “very misguided.”The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman said he would fight efforts to open more charters, which largely educate minority, working-class students, and even opposed the schools sharing space in city-owned buildings.“I oppose efforts by the state to mandate an expansion of charter school operations in New York City,” he said in a Staten Island Advance questionnaire before the June 24 Democratic primary.Mamdani’s hostility to charter schools — which are privately run and publicly funded — puts him in sync with the United Federation of Teachers union, which endorsed him in the November general election following his primary victory over ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others.
Charter schools are typically opposed by teacher unions because they correctly perceive them as competition for public schools, and as the Democrat candidate for mayor, Mamdani is counting on that union support.
It’s also important to note that the people who typically benefit the most from charter schools are minority students. Progressives won’t care. They’re just looking forward to all that free stuff Mamdani is promising them.
More from Just the News:
Parents and those in favor of charter schools are outraged, calling the assemblyman’s views “very misinformed,” explaining that he would be removing education opportunities from black and Hispanic students in low-income areas that he claims to represent.Mamdani must support charter schools if he really cares about kids of color, Reverend Raymond Rivera, founder of the Family Life Academy charter school located in the Bronx said.“I don’t understand why Mamdani would be hostile to charter schools. I think he’s very misinformed,” said Arlene Rosado, a mother who has a child in 10th grade attending Nuasin Next Generation K-12 charter school in the Bronx.
As the great scholar and historian Victor Davis Hanson has pointed out repeatedly in recent years, the trouble with today’s progressives is that they have no intention of living under the rules that they wish to impose on the rest of us.
If Mamdani and his wife eventually have children, does anyone expect that they will send them to New York City public schools?
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