Former Pataki hack Tom Carroll used to be the very public voice of the Brighter Choice charter school system in Albany. But since the charters for his two middle schools were not renewed by the state earlier this year, Carroll has had little to say.
Scott Waldman of Capital NY, who was able to get quote from Carroll when he was the education reporter for the Albany Times Union and Brighter Choice was flying high, got nothing for his article headlined "The education model that fell apart".
Early on, we find why Carroll has nothing to say anymore:
Once heralded as a new beginning for children living in grinding poverty and stuck in a long-troubled school district, Albany’s charter system has so far failed to live up to that promise. Five of the 12 charter schools that opened in the last decade have already closed, and others are being skeptically eyed by state officials. More, below.