by Max Parrott, Associate Editor Education advocates hosted a town hall with Councilman and Democratic nominee for borough president Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) last Thursday evening.… Read More »Richards discusses education priorities – Dem BP nominee fields questions from oppositional advocacy groups
Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, a group that supports gifted and talented schools and screened admissions, has been encouraging families to write to the… Read More »A School Admissions Process That Caused Segregation Fell Apart in Weeks
Parents are rightly suspicious that the DOE is using Covid to try to dismantle academically screened schools. The DOE claims that the admissions changes are a one… Read More »The Engagement is “Off” – OPINION
“It might be problematic for word to get out that the DOE is encouraging folks to make noise,” wrote anti-testing activist Miriam Nunberg. But word… Read More »‘Unbiased’ Department of Education just got caught playing rank politics
“But in an email to parent groups sent last week, Miriam Nunberg, co-chair of the New York City Alliance for School Integration and Desegregation, said… Read More »Emails: NYC DOE wants groups opposed to competitive school admissions to get louder
“It seems like we’re conflating the ECC with CPAC,” he said. “Although the ECC does some great work and I’d like to acknowledge their efforts,… Read More »NYC parents warring over representation in screened schools debate
Education officials weigh ideas for how to evaluate students who apply for selective public schools for fall 202 …“If you remove grades, you’re certainly to… Read More »Coronavirus Forces New York City to Rethink Admissions to Elite Schools
A poll of more than 1,000 city parents found that 92 percent are “extremely or very concerned” about Department of Education grading and admissions overhauls… Read More »92 percent of NYC parents ‘extremely concerned’ about school admissions, poll finds
“Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education — or PLACE NYC — told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner nearly half of public school parents surveyed wanted a… Read More »Coronavirus Update: De Blasio Outlines New Grading Policy For NYC Public School Students
“Parent-Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, or PLACE, suggested the city keep letter grades for students but drop their lowest grade from this school year’s three marking… Read More »City grading policy for remote learning gets mixed reviews