ALWAYS CHERISH.
>> THERE HE IS.
KENNEDY: ONE OF MAJOR ISSUES
IN 2024.
WILL LIKELY BE EDUCATION.
FINALLY, SPECIFICALLY SCHOOL
CHOICE, EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS
ARE SEEING WRITING ON BLACK
BOARD, NEW YORK LEFTY
GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS NO NO
BUENO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LET
A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL OPEN IN
NEW YORK CITY WITH STATE
FUNDINGS.
OUTPERFORMING THEIR PUBLIC
SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS AND BOTH
MATH AND ENGLISH.
AND LESS THAN HALF OF COST
PER STUDENT, IT IS CHEAPER
AND BETTER, WHY COULDN’T
EVERYONE CLAMOR FOR THAT,
THE CHAIR OF SUNNI CHARTER
SCHOOL COMMITTEE JOES YOU OF
BALIK WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> A, KENNEDY.
KENNEDY: I LOVE SCHOOL
CHOICE, I REALIZE IT IS NOT
A ONE SIDE FITS ALL SOLUTION
BUT IT IS FOR MANY FAMILIES.
>> THE KEET THE KEY IS
CHOICE FOR PARENTS AND THEIR
KIDS, PARENTS CARE ABOUT ONE
THING, WHICH IS WHAT IS BEST
FOR THEIR KIDS AND CARELESS
ABOUT POLITICS OF THE ISSUE,
THEY WANT TO SEND THEIR KIDS
TO SCHOOLS THAT GIVE THEM
BEST OPPORTUNITY, ALLOW HEM
TO PERFORM AT HIGHEST LEVEL,
DATE IS CLEAR THAT CHARTER
SCHOOLS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED
BY SUNI DO THAT, 80% OF OUR
SCHOOLS OUT PERFORM DISTRICT
SCHOOLS.
KENNEDY: IS THERE THERE PUSH
BACK?
IF YOU HAVE THE DATA,
CHARTER SCHOOLS IN PLACES
LIKE THE BRONX.
KIDS HAVE BEEN UNDER SERVED
FOR GENERATIONS, FINALLY
THEY ARE ACT OF SELLING --
ACCELLING, BECAUSE TEACHER
UNION DON’T LIKE IT AND
DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS ARE
BEHOLDEN TO TEACHER UNION
THEY WANT BE ABLE TO
DEMONIZE THEM FOR MUCH
LONGER.
>> THE KEY IS THE VOICE OF
THE PARENTS IN THESE
DISTRICTS, BOROUGHS AND
ACROSS NEW YORK STATE ARE
NOT BEING HURD IT IS HEARD.
CHARTER SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE
WILL FIX FOR EVERYONE
STUDENT BUT THEY PROVIDE
TRANSFORMATION ALTUNSAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
KENNEDY: MY DAUGHTER IS
FUNNY, SHE TELLS ME ABOUT
SUPER SENIORS IN HIS SCHOOL.
THESE ARE I CAN’T CALL THEM
KIDS, THERE ONE SUPER SENIOR
WHO IS 20, HE IS STILL NOT
PASSING HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAS
BEEN A SENIOR FOR THREE
YEARS, HE LEGALLY CANNOT GO
TO SCHOOL NEXT WE’RE HE’LL
BE 21, THESE ARE SCHOOLS
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SENDING
OUR KIDS, THEY HAVE FAILED
PEOPLE, BUT, IF YOU COULD GO
AROUND THE CORNER, BY THE
WAY, IF CHARTER SCHOOLS
DON’T PERFORM, THEY CLOSE.
WHY CAN’T WE DO THAT WITH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> RIGHT, SUNY IS A
REGULATOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
WE CLOSE THEM THAT ARE NOT
PERFORMING ONE THING NOT
CAPTURED WELL IN DEBATE
WE’RE CLOSING THE GAP,
PERFORMANCE GAP BETWEEN
BLACK, BROWN AND WHITE
STUDENTS, SUNY CHARTER
SCHOOLS GAP ON THE MATH AND
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
EXAMS IS CLOSER THAN IT IS
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE
THAT PARENTS TOP SEND --
WANT TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO
THESE SCHOOL IT IS ABOUT
PERFORMANCE.
KENNEDY: THEY ARE NOT TAKING
AWAY HONORS PROGRAMS, NOT
TAKE, AWAY OPPORTUNITIES
FROM OPPORTUNITIES WHO
EXCEL, IT COULD BE MORE
TAILORED LEARNING AT HALF
THE COST.
>> RIGHT.
KENNEDY: AS A TAXPAYER ITA
SHOCKING TO ME THE MORE
PEOPLE ARE NOT -- WHY NOT
OPEN MORE?
IF YOU HAVE PARENTS WHO WANT
IT AND STUDENTS WHO ACCEL.
YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER
CHOICE BUT OPEN MORE AND
MORE AND GIVE MORE SCHOOL
CHOICE TO CITY THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY HAMSTRUNG BY TEACHERS
UNIONS FOR SO LONG, I CANNOT
WAIT FOR THAT DAY.