Note: This post is referenced from PLACE NYC Recommendations for the 2021 Education Council Elections (CEC). PLACE NYC CEC Elections Working Group based recommendations on… Read More »PLACE NYC CEC2 Candidate Recommendations by School
If your child is born in 2016, please consider applying to NYC public school’s Gifted and Talented programs. Application opens on March 8 and runs… Read More »PLACE NYC Resource for Parents: Applying to Gifted and Talented Programs 2021
New York, NY, February 18, 2021– On Wednesday the NYC DOE announced it would replace the use of an objective test with a subjective evaluation… Read More »DOE Preserves G&T Program but Resorts to Subjective Assessment to Admit Students for 2020-21
New York, NY, January 27, 2021– PLACE NYC congratulates the thousands of 8th graders who took the Specialized High School Admissions Test today. They have… Read More »PLACE NYC Congratulates Thousands of 8th Graders Who Took the SHSAT Today
New York, NY, January 21, 2021– Public school families are outraged that the Department of Education (DOE) eliminated middle school screened admissions this year, and… Read More »DOE Must Give Students Their Lottery Number in Advance of Middle School Applications and Be Transparent in the Lottery Process
New York, NY, January 13, 2021 — On behalf of all NYC parents who want a high quality education for their kids, PLACE NYC strongly… Read More »PLACE NYC Calls for the Continuation and Expansion of Academically-Accelerated G&T Programs
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
We, the co-sponsors of the recent Queens Education Forum, jointly extend our thanks to Council Member and Democratic nominee for Queens Borough President Donovan Richards… Read More »Joint Statement from Queens Education Forum Sponsors To Council Member Donovan Richards
New York, September 21, 2020 — An all or nothing, one-size-fits-all reopening plan does not work for our 1.1M public school kids and is keeping… Read More »Let Kids Return to School: PLACE NYC Calls on the Mayor to Open Schools Now to Prioritize In-Person Learning
New York, September 15, 2020 — NYC public school parents of 5th and 8th graders still have no answers from the DOE about how Middle… Read More »NYC Public School Admissions Still in Limbo