New York, NY, October 8, 2021 — PLACE NYC is outraged that Mayor de Blasio leaked significant changes to the Gifted and Talented (G&T) Program… Read More »PLACE NYC Condemns Mayor de Blasio Killing Gifted & Talented Program in the 11th Hour Without Promised Family Engagement
“There are gifted children in every single neighborhood in New York City. …To combat the DOE’s lack of engagement, our group, Parent Leaders for Accelerated… Read More »Building better G&T education
New York, NY, September 28, 2021 — Mayor de Blasio announced forthcoming changes to the city’s Gifted & Talented (“G&T”) program in January. Over 30,000 families… Read More »NYC Parents Demand Engagement Before Changes to the G&T Program
The Education Advocate, Issue #23 Demand Parent Engagement on G&TMayor De Blasio and Chancellor Porter promised stakeholders a seat at the table to reimagine accelerated… Read More »Petition for G&T Engagement, School Reopening, Cancel Culture
Maud Maron, Vice President and co-founder of PLACE NYC and City Council candidate, spoke with Bill Hemmer on NYC schools and the cancel culture. “…the reality is… Read More »The Dangers of Cancel Culture
Mayor De Blasio and Chancellor Porter promised stakeholders a seat at the table to reimagine accelerated education. He promised this past January that it would occur… Read More »Demand Parent Engagement on G&T
Yiatin Chu, a Manhattan parent who signed the email to politicians, said there was wide support among members of the group for some changes to… Read More »How the Mayor’s Big Decision Could Upend N.Y.C. School Admissions
Chien Kwok, the co-founder of PLACE NYC — a parent-led organization advocating for expanding access to G&T programs — and a recently elected member of… Read More »What to know about suit challenging alleged ‘racist’ education system in NYC
A new survey of city parents revealed deep divisions on several schooling controversies ahead of the new academic year. Organized by the pro-accelerated learning advocacy group PLACE-NYC,… Read More »As new school year looms, poll finds parents deeply divided on many issues
August 24, 2021 – PLACE NYC conducted a survey on school reopening; more than 5,000 parents responded within 48-hours. Results show parents being clearly divided… Read More »NYC Parents are Divided on What They Want for School Reopening; Only 26% are Confident that School Will Start on 9/13