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“#NYC DOE official called parents who support specialized high school tests ‘bigots’” A Department of Education official lashed out at supporters of the specialized high school entrance exam, calling them “bigots” in an online screed. The accusation was leveled in the comment section of a since-deleted Facebook post of a New York Post article about…
“#Don’t blame the test for lack of minorities at elite NYC high schools” The class of ninth-graders that in September will enter the city’s eight “specialized high schools” — entry to which is determined solely by doing well on a standardized test — will be substantially less black and Latino than before. Per Department of…
“#Killing the elite-schools exam is just shooting the messenger” New chancellor, same old response to the vexingly few black and Hispanic students scoring seats at the city’s top public high schools: Like her predecessor, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter blames the test itself. In the latest round of acceptances, Asians won 53.7 percent of all seats;…
“#NYC DOE baffles parents, bungles middle school admission offers” The Department of Education launched city parents into yet another tailspin Thursday after mistakenly posting some middle school admission offers online, before abruptly removing them. Recipients said they were surprised to see the information appear in their parent portals — and were doubly taken aback when…
“#Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2021” Skipping classThe new New York City schools chancellor, Meisha Ross Porter, had a year and a half experience as a classroom teacher (“New NYC chancellor has barely taught,” March 15). Barely enough experience to know how to take attendance. As a former teacher of more than 30…
“#New Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter barely taught before rising in NYC DOE” Incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter became a rising star in the city Department of Education despite spending just 1-1/2 years as a teacher, causing some educators to debate her qualifications to run the nation’s largest school system. Porter, a community organizer before…
“#NYC’s new schools chancellor seems stuck on bad old priorities” While educator Meisha Ross Porter will make history as the city’s first African American female schools chancellor, she’s already showing signs she’ll follow in the ill-fated footsteps of nearly gone Chancellor Richard Carranza. With enrollment cratering thanks to lockdowns that private and parochial schools managed…