New York, June 8, 2020 — Last week the Department of Education completed their Admissions Engagement meetings in each borough with 67% of speakers advocating to… Read More »Two-Thirds Majority of NYC Parents and Students Ask the DOE to Preserve Academic Screening
New York, May 20, 2020 — In just 48 hours, more than 2,000 people signed PLACE NYC’s petition urging Governor Cuomo and other state and… Read More »Over 2,000 Rushed to Sign Petition to “Stop Carranza from Using the COVID Crisis to Overhaul School Admission Policies”
The Mayor and Chancellor are seizing on the COVID-19 crisis to remove all common objective criteria used for admissions to screened middle and high schools… Read More »STOP CARRANZA FROM USING THE COVID CRISIS TO OVERHAUL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICIES
Actual public school parents deserve to have a seat at the table regarding their children’s education. The public school parents who serve on CECs and… Read More »Confusing Role of ECC in State Legislature on NYC Education
Over 92% of parents surveyed by Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education (PLACE NYC) are “Extremely or Very Concerned” about possible changes to school… Read More »NYC Parents are “Extremely Concerned” about Unfair Changes to Screened Schools Admissions
Dear Mayor De Blasio, Chancellor Carranza and Dr. Chen, I am a concerned parent of a NYC public school student. I understand the DOE is… Read More »Grade Policy Must Work for All Students
Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education (PLACE NYC) conducted a survey of New York City public school parents on the not-yet-decided grading policy due… Read More »NYC Parents Want “No Harm” Grading for Remote Learning
April, 9, 2020 Dear Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza: The Covid-19 virus has affected all New York public school students, teachers, families and administrators… Read More »Letter to Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza
April 6, 2020 Dear New York State Board of Regents, We are writing to provide comments on the 2020 NYS Regents cancellation given the current… Read More »Letter to NYS Board of Regents
Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education (PLACE NYC) celebrates all of the students who took the DOE’s Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). We… Read More »NYC DOE Fails to Improve Specialized High School Results