TESTIMONY
Michael Sill, Assistant Secretary of the United Federation of Teachers, on Charter Schools and Class Size Compliance
2:58:55
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76 sec
Michael Sill addresses charter school density's relation to class size compliance in New York City's public schools.
- Sill discusses compliance data and proposes overlaying this with charter density information.
- He points out lower enrollment in areas with high charter density, indicating a negative impact on public schools in needy neighborhoods.
- Sill accuses decision-makers of favoring charter schools through funding, at the expense of public schools.
- He suggests that affluent districts will disproportionately benefit from the class size law due to this imbalance.
Michael Sill
2:58:55
Just just real quick, since we're on the topic of charters, you know, I've rather enjoyed the moment where you invited folks to teach from the Department of Ed with the charts up there, and they kinda looked at one another to try and find somebody who was capable.
2:59:10
But the chart that they were showing was one that reflected the percent of classrooms that are currently in compliance.
2:59:19
Right?
2:59:20
And, you know, what to to say the part out loud that they left unsaid, they're saying that the more affluent districts have are gonna have more challenges and are gonna so therefore, benefit disproportionately from the class size law.
2:59:34
I would really like to see that chart overlaid with a chart of charter density in the city.
2:59:41
Right?
2:59:41
Because those districts that have the lowest enrollment, I am certain, are the dicks districts that have the highest charter density.
2:59:50
They that is a self fulfilling prophecy.
2:59:53
They drain DOE students off from public schools in the neighborhoods that need the public schools the most, then they underfund them to the benefit of charter schools.
3:00:05
So I'm not surprised that that's the case, but it's that's the case because of decisions that they have made.