New York City: Andrew Yang Panders to Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Community
Politicians in New York City and New York State eagerly seek the endorsement of the ultra-orthodox Hasidic community because it tends to vote as a...
Category : Bill de Blasio
Shocker: NYC Education Board Rejects Mayor’s Plan to Test 4-Year-Olds for Gifted Program
New York City has a form of education governance called mayoral control, initiated by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002, in which the mayor appoints...
Leonie Haimson to Mayor de Blasio: Cancel the Tests for Gifted and Talented Programs NOW!
Parent advocate Leonie Haimson has written an urgent plea to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza. They acknowledge that the...
New York City: Pandemic Leads de Blasio to Drop Screens for Middle School Admissions
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that middle schools will drop their screens–e.g., test scores, grades, etc.–for admissions and will choose students by lottery if they...
NYC Parents Criticize de Blasio for His Inflexibilty
Mayor de Blasio has wavered about when and how to open the schools since the pandemic began. Now he has drawn a line in the...
Good News! New York City’s Public Schools Are Surprisingly Safe
The New York Times reports that the public schools of New York City have been conducting random drug tests, and the results reveal a surprisingly...
Leonie Haimson: Why Principals Voted “No Confidence” in De Blasio and Carranza
Right now, Mayor Bill de Blasio must be thinking that mayoral control of the schools is not such a great idea. Michael Bloomberg demanded mayoral...
NYC Administrators’ Union Votes “No Confidence” in Mayor and Chancellor
New York City’s CSA (Council of Supervisors and Administrators) passed a unanimous vote of no confidence in Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza for their...
De Blasio Flubs Coronavirus Response
In this article that appeared in The Atlantic, political reporter Grace Rauh rails against the failed leadership of Mayor Bill de Blasio for his inability...
Cynthia Nixon: Who Really Counts in New York City?
Cynthia Nixon, award-winning actress, is an activist for public schools. She ran against Andrew Cuomo for Governor in the Democratic primary in 2018. He had...