“While many of the groups identified by The Post clearly espouse conservative goals, the parent push for greater control over the classroom is attracting people… Read More »Parent-activists, seeking control over education, are taking over school boards
New York City will continue its “pause” on middle school academic-screened admissions for the 2022-23 admissions cycle. School offers will be made based on the… Read More »Middle School Admissions: How to Get Your Lottery Number and What Does It Mean
Subscribe to get this in your inbox Issue #43: January 15, 2022 Top StoryNYC Education Department Quietly Opens Door For Teachers To Allow More Remote… Read More »Education News Roundup #43 Remote Attendance Change, MS Sibling Priority, Collusion at Top Colleges, Banks Hints Remote Option, District 30 Diversity Plan
New York, NY, November 29, 2021 — Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education (PLACE NYC) releases its position paper on NYC’s gifted and talented (G&T)… Read More »PLACE NYC RELEASES GIFTED & TALENTED POSITION PAPER CALLING TO EXPAND G&T AND HALT BRILLIANT NYC ROLL OUT
Summary In January 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his school chancellor announced that the Department of Education (DOE) would reimagine the… Read More »Expanding Gifted & Talented, Immediate Action Towards An Ideal Future
An activist fighting Bill de Blasio’s plan to scrap merit-based K-12 programs looks back on the last three years. Asian-American parents of gifted students have… Read More »New York’s Parent Revolt
Earlier this month, as it tries selling the city on a major, 11th-hour reform, the Department of Education invited families from Manhattan’s District 2 to… Read More »De Blasio vs. educational excellence: NYC schools are moving toward the lowest common denominator
PLACE NYC and our partner organizations thank Mayor-Elect Eric Adams for his support of Gifted & Talent and Specialized High Schools in a NY Daily… Read More »PLACE NYC Partners with Community Organizations to Thank Mayor-Elect Eric Adams
New York City Parents UnionPLACE NYCQueens Parents UnitedSAFEST South Asian Fund for Education Scholarship Training JOINT PRESS RELEASE The NYC Department of Education has begun… Read More »Parent Leaders Demand Halt to DESSA, DOE’s Social Emotional Screener Amid Privacy, Security, and Transparency Concerns
Vote for Education CandidatesPrint and share PLACE NYC borough-specific Voter Guides with friends and family and get out the vote! Citywide MayorEric L. Adams (Democratic)… Read More »PLACE NYC Endorsements for the 2021 General Election