{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschoolcolors.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-6-mo-charters-mo-problems-bA_ebYqk","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"S1 E6: Mo' Charters Mo' Problems","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a295c480-0f10-4883-995e-595fa4bb2a56/8a24e3d1-3b06-4446-939a-a58817d9fc02/img-7175.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to charter schools: privately managed public schools, which have been on the rise in New York City for more than a decade.\n\nCharter schools were originally dreamed up to be laboratories for innovation in public education. Instead, many see them as a threat — competing with neighborhood schools for space, resources, and kids. Is this really a zero-sum game?\n\nIn this episode, we talk to parents and educators on both sides of the district-charter divide to explore why charter schools seem especially polarizing in a Black neighborhood like Bed-Stuy, and what the growth of charter schools means for the future of this community."}