“McLean, who is also the president of the District 16 Community Education Council and a member of the Mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group, re-emphasized the… Read More »NYC parents express doubts over Education Council election results, demand independent audit from DOE
“Candidates endorsed by a polarizing group that advocates for screened school admissions won the majority of seats on about half a dozen parent councils this… Read More »PLACE-endorsed candidates win nearly 40% of seats on NYC’s parent councils
“Nearly three-quarters of the parent hopefuls backed by Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education won school-council seats and will now make up a significant 40% of… Read More »Parents who back merit, higher standards dominate NYC school council elections
“Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, or PLACE, endorsed 147 candidates across the city for local district council seats, with 115 of them winning their races.… Read More »PLACE-endorsed candidates win nearly 40% of seats on NYC’s parent councils
“PLACE, which stands for Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum Education, originally formed in 2019 to fight to preserve and expand selective admissions policies in the… Read More »Some parents warn of conservative culture wars in NYC’s education council elections
“Admissions seems to still be a pretty big issue and a sore point. Our takeaway is it seems like most parents, a majority of them… Read More »Admissions a top parent focus: study
“NEW YORK – High school students in New York must pass Regents exams in order to graduate, but the controversial testing mandate has created widespread debate. …… Read More »Special commission debates the fate of Regents exams in New York
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PLACE NYC, a parent advocacy group in favor of accelerated learning programs, urged Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David C. Banks to fulfill their campaign… Read More »New York City parents advocate for reinstatement of gifted and talented program
We are NYC Asian parents turned activists to push back against laws and admissions rules designed to dismantle merit and discriminate against our children. We… Read More »Asian Parents Defend Merit and Challenge Discrimination Across the Country