New York, NY, April 14, 2022 — Today Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks reconfirmed their commitment to improving NYC public school education and meeting… Read More »GIFTED & TALENTED PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
(This is a guest post by T. Hunter Dare, the parent of a 6th grader at MS104 where he serves on the School Leadership Team. He is… Read More »How NYC Can Implement – And Improve – Gifted & Talented Programs for 2022 and Beyond: A Parent’s Take
“The system needs both equity and dedicated opportunities for rigor. …G&T stakeholders believe it is possible to reimagine the program to increase equitable access to… Read More »We asked, you answered: Chalkbeat readers share priorities for NYC schools Chancellor David Banks
When advocates within the DOE didn’t get their way in eliminating geographic preferences at some high schools, they targeted the screening criteria, devising a complex… Read More »Mayor Eric Adams must crack down on DOE that’s still lowering school standards
Parent Kaushik Das, of Community Education Council 2 in Manhattan, said Wednesday that the approach will negatively impact Asian applicants. “It’s part of an incessant… Read More »Critics argue new NYC high school admissions policies will harm Asian applicants
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
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
All three of us are mathematicians who came to the United States as young immigrants, having been attracted by the unmatched quality and openness of… Read More »As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader
The Robert Wagner Middle School on the Upper East Side announced it was permanently scrapping the honors math program for seventh graders, after cutting it… Read More »Parents demand NYC middle school bring back honors math classes