For this year’s high school admissions, the Mayor announced that “In consultation with their school communities, screened high schools can choose to remove their screens,… Read More »Email High School Principals on Admissions
Roughly 1,600 parents signed a letter blasting City Hall’s silence on the fate of Gifted and Talented program admissions for next year. While Mayor Bill… Read More »Parent letter rips City Hall silence on Gifted and Talented programs
We are excited to host Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr. for our Meet the Candidate. CM Cornegy is a candidate for Brooklyn Borough President. Join us to… Read More »Meet Brooklyn Borough President Candidate Robert Cornegy, Jr.
PETITION: Demand NYC Department of Education to Provide Quality Education https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQHBaG2baxEt8ZOXmFpsXmMW8hVuR2vt5IvBcv4WkohU9mwg/viewform STOP CARRANZA FROM USING THE COVID CRISIS TO OVERHAUL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICIES https://www.change.org/p/stop-de-blasio-and-carranza-from-using-the-covid-crisis-to-overhaul-school-admissions-policies?redirect=false
Sign our Open Letter. Please read the letter below. To add your name to this letter, click here. Dear Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza,… Read More »Demand the DOE Give the G&T Admissions Test
IN RESPONSE TO NYC DOE ADMISSIONS CHANGES FOR FALL 2021 PLACE NYC (www.placenyc.org) calls for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to improve and expand… Read More »PLACE NYC Newsletter #5
Take Action on MS Admissions Change to Lottery. Send ONE email to elected officials in 5 easy steps. Email Recipients:To: liu@nysenate.gov, MTreyger@council.nyc.gov, SpeakerJohnson@council.nyc.gov, placenyc.action@gmail.com, askeric@brooklynbp.nyc.gov,… Read More »Demand the DOE Roll Back Lottery Admissions
“Lucas Liu, a member of District 3’s Community Education Council and co-president of PLACE NYC, which supports screened schools, said the new policies “doesn’t even… Read More »New Admissions Changes For NYC Middle & High Schools “First Step” Towards Diversity, Advocates Say
New York, NY, December 19, 2020: PLACE NYC calls for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to improve and expand accelerated academic programs such as… Read More »IN RESPONSE TO NYC DOE ADMISSION CHANGES FOR 2020-2021
“What we’re doing is lowering the bar for everyone,” said Yiatin Chu, co-president of Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, a group that supports… Read More »Schools, caught by pandemic and confronting systemic racism, jettison testing for admissions