#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021” The Issue: Parents in Queens who feel forced to pull their kids out of endlessly failing city public schools. We have tried with no success to improve our public schools for decades — mostly by pouring more and more money into the system (“Demanding Schools That Work,”…

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#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet

#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet

“#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet” Every single child in New York City deserves the opportunity to go to a school where he or she can succeed while feeling supported and safe, but through the years, it has become clear that the Department of Education does not desire for that opportunity to exist for…

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#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out

#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out

“#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out” Find a better school for your son.  That’s the advice defeated teachers at beleaguered PS 147 in Cambria Heights, Queens, gave to mom Keisha Ellis when she asked about improving the 11-year-old boy’s performance.  “It’s frightening to hear that from a teacher talking to…

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#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens

#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens

“#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens” A growing legion of black parents in Queens say the Department of Education has failed their kids through mismanagement and neglect — fueling an exodus out of the public school system. Fed-up families in District 29 — a primarily black area which includes Hollis, Rosedale,…

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#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

“#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school” New York City schoolchildren are sweating out another sweltering summer in classrooms without air conditioning. “It’s brutal every year,” said Shawanda Weems, an English teacher at PS/MS 15 in the University Heights section of the Bronx, who recorded indoor temps as high as 88 degrees this week….

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#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence

#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence

“#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence” The surprise move to kill the accelerated math program at Lab Middle School is just the latest gambit in the city Department of Education’s war on excellence. Parents raged over the e-mail from Megan Adams, the school’s principal, baldly announcing the change last weekend. By Friday,…

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#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools

#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools

“#NYC students rally to get cops out of their schools” About 200 students and parents marched from Washington Square Park to City Hall Saturday to protest the presence of police officers in city schools — with some flipping the bird to New York’s Finest along the way. Carrying signs that read “Counselors Not Cops,” and…

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#DOE continues to fail students at every turn

#DOE continues to fail students at every turn

“#DOE continues to fail students at every turn” Families in District 2 just saw the fruits of the “diversity” drive inflicted on them by the central Department of Education, as top-performing middle-schoolers got assigned to struggling high schools for next year under new admissions procedures. The inevitable result: District 2 parents are fleeing the public-school…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021” Classroom truthExcellent editorial, “Mulgrew’s New Lies,” which was spot on (May 20). As a substitute teacher at a New Jersey high school, I recently supervised classes approximately two-thirds full while the remaining third was taught virtually via Zoom. This procedure gives the options for parents to decide,…

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