President Obama championed charter schools, often putting him at odds with teachers unions. Now, 2020 Democratic presidential candidates sound much more wary.
As Weingarten alluded to, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was one of the most prominent charter school advocates in the country as mayor of Newark, where he oversaw an overhaul of the city’s education system in tandem with Republican Governor Chris Christie and high-profile philanthropists like Mark Zuckerberg. Newark's government did not have local control over its public school system when he took office.
“I think he’s changing,” Weingarten said of Booker. “Everybody evolves, I want to give him the opportunity.” Many supporters of charter schools also say they see a racial component at play. Charter schools often serve low-income minority students in cities, and advocates point to researchsuggesting urban charter schools have improved their performance. Since affluent white voters — especially in suburbs with high-performing public schools — are less likely to have direct experience with charter schools, they argue, they may be more likely to shift opinions based on the national political winds.
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