User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/A timeline of events related to the charter school movement (New York)

A timeline of events related to the charter school movement (New York)

*2002- 2010 Joel Klein was Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2002 to 2010,


 * September 2003 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that they were giving a $51 million grant to New York City schools.


 * 2005 Only 10 percent of black and Hispanic students were eligible for Regents diplomas.


 * November 4, 2008 The CEO of the Success Academy Network, Eva Moskowitz, earned $250,000 a year, which is the same as that earned by Joel Klein, the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Most of her salary was paid with "private money."


 * November 2008 The the Success Academy Network included 7 schools in Harlem and the Bronx, that aligned with the mandate of charter schools—they served "low-income families zoned for poor-performing public schools."