Cuomo to be ‘honorary chair’ of pro-charter retreat
Jessica Bakeman
ALBANY—Governor Andrew Cuomo will headline an education retreat next month in Lake Placid hosted by hedge-fund managers who support the Common Core standards, charter schools, mayoral control of schools, testing and student-data collection.
Cuomo is the “honorary chairman” of Camp Philos, “a philosopher's camp on education reform” presented by Education Reform Now, a group that has donated $65,000 to Cuomo since 2010 through its political action committee. The group, led by hedge funders who are active in the charter-school movement, is hosting the conference at Whiteface Lodge on May 4 to 6.
The group's board members, as well as the founders of its PAC, Democrats for Education Reform, have also given to Cuomo individually.
John Petry, founder and manager at Sessa Capital, gave $20,000 in the last two years. He is a co-founder of DFER and a board member for ERN, and he's also co-chair of New York City's Success Academy Charter Schools, headed by Eva Moskowitz.
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