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On the other hand, Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education NYC, an organization that has come together in resistance to the city’s attempts to… Read More »City outlines school recovery plan

Lucas Liu, a member of the Community Education Council in Manhattan’s District 3 and of the parent group PLACE NYC, which opposed removing the test… Read More »More NYC students from poorest districts accepted to ‘Gifted’ program rises after admissions shakeup

Both Maron and Chu also lead PLACE, or Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, an organization that formed partly in protest of Mayor Bill… Read More »Critical race theory debate hits New York City public schools

PLACE NYC, a group that formed in opposition to several of the mayor’s recent integration-based reforms, was successful in many districts across the city, and… Read More »Education council turnout is divided; Advocates sweep some districts, while others remain skeptical of CEC

A pro-accelerated learning parent group co-endorsed Andrew Yang on Friday after he vowed to expand academic opportunities for gifted kids — and called for a… Read More »Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education co-endorses Andrew Yang

A vocal parent group that backs the city’s accelerated education programs has endorsed Eric Adams for mayor. PLACE NYC said Adams was its top choice… Read More »Parent Group That Supports NYC’s Accelerated Education Programs Endorses Eric Adams

In New York City, adult activists use teenagers as human shields — by Aaron Sibarium “Last October, a group of New York City parents gathered… Read More »The Child Soldiers of the Culture War

“The advocacy group Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education has pressed the city to keep the existing gifted and selective screening in place. Co-President… Read More »New York City Sees 18% Drop in Students Testing for Admission to Selective High Schools

“…Parents advocating for accelerated learning said the Dept. of Education must to better.“The DOE is both failing in their effort to increase outreach, which they… Read More »New York City Schools Chancellor Calls On State To End Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

“Carranza was walloped by an “activation of constituencies around the specialized-high-school exam,” Wallack said, which hadn’t previously really existed. Lucas Liu, a parent and co-president… Read More »Richard Carranza’s Last Stand