The children of this State deserve no less. We cannot afford just to continue the status quo and pretend that all of our systems are working. Governor Pataki has presented a bill which does put children and their parents first. The time has come for this. The public schools are not working.
Charter schools give parents input into their children s education.
Charter schools will go a long way toward creating attractive communities where families will want to live. And that means a strong tax base, which means a neighborhood, a city, and a state that will flourish and grow. The connections are academic.