NYC Public School Parents

The piece below was submitted by a teacher. While the massive layoffs are probably averted due to the passing of the federal stimulus packa...

In December 12, 1776, with the new nation on the brink of defeat, the 2nd Continental Congress granted George Washington “ full power to ord...

The NY Times reveals its double standard when it comes to democracy here in NYC. Though the editors of the paper now insist that since Venez...

At a recent press conference, Mayor Bloomberg stated that people who want to change the school governance law are either irrational or putt...

Well, you win some and you lose some. The deal was made yesterday on the federal stimulus package. According to the WSJ , the "state...

The New York Post and Newsday today brought us the disturbing news that nine NYC public high schools plus a tenth school in New Jersey will...

For an excellent dissection of the administration's announcement that they will spend half a million dollars to have parents cast a str...

While our schools are already bursting at the gills, and enrollment is still rising due to higher birth rates, more development, the shutter...

thanks to David Bellel for the video.

A real debate on Mayoral control at the Assembly hearings on Feb. 6 -- between two middle school students, Daniel Clark Jr. and LeiShawn McC...

It now appears that four of five years of spewing false dichotomies about mayoral control of the City’s public schools at the press and anyo...

Y esterday’s Times features an article about the Mayor’s proposal to convert parochial schools into charter schools. Bloomberg sai...

See video below of Diane Ravitch's impressive testimony on Mayoral control, and questions from the State Assembly members. In response...

I testified at Friday's Assembly Education Committee hearing on school governance. Thanks to Assembly Chairperson Cathy Nolan and Assem...