#NYC’s new schools chancellor seems stuck on bad old priorities

#NYC’s new schools chancellor seems stuck on bad old priorities

“#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…

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#NYC educator fired for refusing ‘Black Panther’ salute: suit

#NYC educator fired for refusing ‘Black Panther’ salute: suit

“#NYC educator fired for refusing ‘Black Panther’ salute: suit” Pledge your allegiance to “Wakanda Forever” — or else. A veteran Bronx educator claims she was fired in part because she refused to mimic a salute to Black power from the 2018 comic-book movie “Black Panther” during superintendent meetings. At official gatherings of high-level Department of…

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#State bars de Blasio from requiring COVID-19 test consent forms for students

#State bars de Blasio from requiring COVID-19 test consent forms for students

“#State bars de Blasio from requiring COVID-19 test consent forms for students” State education officials on Tuesday barred administrators from requiring COVID-19 testing consent forms for kids to participate in any school-related activity. The ruling runs counter to existing City Hall policy that automatically places kids without the documentation into remote-only learning. New York State…

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#DOE diversity chief in charge of ‘implicit bias’ training leaves

#DOE diversity chief in charge of ‘implicit bias’ training leaves

“#DOE diversity chief in charge of ‘implicit bias’ training leaves” The Department of Education staffer who led “implicit bias” training for school faculty has left the job. Paul Forbes, executive director of Educational Equity, Anti-Bias and Diversity, tweeted last week that he was leaving the DOE after 25 years serving city schools. Chancellor Richard Carranza, who…

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