Education for a More Just World
PLACE NYC stands in solidarity with the peaceful protestors in our city, and around the country, who demand an end to police brutality and justice for those who have been killed by the police. PLAC…
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PLACE NYC ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENTS FOR JUNE 2020 PRIMARY CANDIDATES
New York, June 20, 2020 — PLACE NYC is the fastest growing parent advocacy group in New York City. In a short period of time, we have built a five-borough base of engaged, passionate parents wh…
Two-Thirds Majority of NYC Parents and Students Ask the DOE to Preserve Academic Screening
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 keep screens for next year’s ad…
Over 2,000 Rushed to Sign Petition to “Stop Carranza from Using the COVID Crisis to Overhaul School Admission Policies”
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 city elected officials to stop Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor…
STOP CARRANZA FROM USING THE COVID CRISIS TO OVERHAUL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS 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 by reducing end-of-year grades to “Meets S…
Parents: Email Your Elected Officials
Dear Parents, Please take a moment to send this email to your local elected officials about the possible changes to NYC middle school and high school admissions. For your convenience, below is an …
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Parent Insights
Parent Voices
Open Letter to Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack: Summary of Parent Input on Screened Admissions
Dear Josh, As your team is modeling out changes to screened admissions, I want to summarize for you the DOE parent forums, CEC resolutions, and survey results as well as many of the PLACE NYC advoc…
Parent Voices
Dear DOE: Here are my comments on screened admissions.
The DOE held Listening Events across the five boroughs. In the scheduled 2 hours for each, only a small fraction of those who signed up to speak got their chance. We wanted to create this space for …
Events
June 4 Admissions Engagement with DOE Leadership
The voices at this event echoed the majority of parents we heard at the DOE borough events: keep screened admissions.Our families are from all racial and socio-economic backgrounds, essential workers …
Parent Surveys
Parent Survey: Middle and High School Admissions
PLACE NYC Parent Survey on “Middle School and High School Admissions” was conducted on 5/1/20- 5/4/20. The survey was posted on FACE NYC Facebook, FACE NYC WeChat, and shared via email with school…
Parent Surveys
NYC Parents are “Extremely Concerned” about Unfair Changes to Screened Schools Admissions
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 admissions in the wake of the…