Charter School Backers Plan Lower Manhattan Rally

Backers of charter schools say they expect thousands of parents and students to attend a rally against "failing" New York City schools.

The Success Academy chain of charter schools will start late so children can attend Thursday's rally in lower Manhattan.

The rally comes one year after a similar event, when charter supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge.

One of the groups organizing the rally, Families for Excellent Schools, says 143,000 of the city's 1.1 million public school students are trapped in "failing" schools.

The group says it wants city and state leaders to come up with a plan "to ensure no child is stuck in a failing school."

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