Arne joins NY charter-cap flap

Kudos to Duncan for putting pressure on NY:

Arne joins NY charter-cap flap

By JENNIFER FERMINO and DAVID SEIFMAN

Last Updated: 5:49 AM, November 11, 2009

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan <http://www.nypost.com/t/Arne_Duncan>
yesterday questioned the wisdom of a New York law that limits the number of
charter schools -- and he warned that federal education aid will be doled
out only to places prepared to "challenge the status quo."

"If something has demonstrated to have made a difference in people's lives,
why would you say there couldn't be more of that?" Duncan, who was in
Manhattan for a conference with the Harlem Children's Zone community group,
told The Post.

With Washington on the verge of awarding an unprecedented $4 billion to
states for the overhaul of their school systems, the New York law capping
the amount of charter schools at 200 has come under fire.

Duncan said the exact rules the states will have to follow to qualify for
the money are still being finalized.