Saturday, May 12, 2012

Bloomberg’s Charter School Battle Detailed in E-Mails - NYTimes.com

Bloomberg’s Charter School Battle Detailed in E-Mails - NYTimes.com:


E-Mails Provide Inside Look at Mayor’s Charter School Battle

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The city released hundreds of e-mail messages Friday, providing a behind-the-scenes look at one of the major battles of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration, the 2010 campaign to expand charter schools, or, as one dramatic e-mail put it, the “fight of our life.”

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The e-mails, released in response to a Freedom of Information request by the city’s teachers’ union, detail the central role that Joel I. Klein, who was then the schools chancellor, took in the effort, including constant contact with charter school advocates and lobbyists for the city. They were then fighting to raise the statewide cap on charter schools to at least 400 from 200 and communicated regularly about their