Why NY Charter Fight Is Way Off-Base

New York City's public-school system—America's largest—has made headlines of late thanks to bitter political infighting between Democrats over education policy. Fresh battles have broken out over charters, school closings and the financing of pre-K schooling, with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo facing off in Albany. It's a gripping drama, but one that misses the true story about improvements in public-education outcomes—and the grass-roots reform movement that has made such positive changes possible in New York and across the country.