{"id":420148,"date":"2022-03-23T03:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T00:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-makes-picks-with-charter-ties-for-schools-governance-panel\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T03:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T00:47:03","slug":"eric-adams-makes-picks-with-charter-ties-for-schools-governance-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-makes-picks-with-charter-ties-for-schools-governance-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams makes picks with charter ties for schools governance panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e12fe0a4e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e12fe0a4e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-makes-picks-with-charter-ties-for-schools-governance-panel\/#%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_makes_picks_with_charter_ties_for_schools_governance_panel%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Eric Adams makes picks with charter ties for schools governance panel&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_makes_picks_with_charter_ties_for_schools_governance_panel%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Eric Adams makes picks with charter ties for schools governance panel&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed a top charter school administrator and a slew of close allies to the Department of Education\u2019s oversight board Tuesday to a mixed response.<\/p>\n<p>While proponents of school choice welcomed several of the new faces, charter foes from DOE watchdogs to union representation questioned the picks with strong ties to the privately operated schools that receive public funds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s concerning that so many of Adams\u2019 appointees have ties to charter schools, as they have interests contrary to our public schools,\u201d said Leonie Haimson, the executive director of Class Size Matters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharters take valuable space from our public schools and more than $2.6 billion a year from their funding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Close to half of the city\u2019s 271 charter schools are at least partially in buildings owned or leased by the department, according to the New York City Charter School Center.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism came as several hours after publicly naming the new panelists, reports revealed that one appointee \u2014 Staten Island pastor Kathlyn Barrett-Layne \u2014 had a history of anti-gay views and writings, prompting the administration to ask for her resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were unaware of these writings and we\u2019ve asked her to resign,\u201d said Amaris Cockfield, deputy press secretary for the mayor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-210.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Schools Chancellor David Banks\" class=\"wp-image-21621940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-210.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-210.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-210.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schools Chancellor David Banks applauded Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 appointees to the city education panel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few of the new members of the Panel for Educational Policy include Dr. Vasthi Acosta, the executive director of Amber Charter Schools, and Anthony Lopez, a non-profit executive who was previously CEO of the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Charter School in the Bronx. At least one member, Karina Taveras, is the parent of a high school charter student.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s teachers union had other ideas for who should be on the governing body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the UFT\u2019s position that the more public school parents serve on the PEP, the more effective the panel will be,\u201d said Dick Riley, press secretary of the UFT. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-215.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Class Size Matters organization's founder and Executive Director, Leonie Haimson, speaks out with NYC Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm about opting out of the ELA tests in Jackson Heights, Queens on Tuesday April 14, 2015.\" class=\"wp-image-21621948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-215.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-215.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-215.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Leonie Haimson argued charter schools drain \u201cmore than $2.6 billion a year\u201d from their public counterparts in New York City.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kristy Leibowitz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 15-member panel includes nine mayoral appointees, while the rest are chosen by borough presidents or Community Education Councils. <\/p>\n<p>Most participated in last month\u2019s meeting, not including Acosta who was named after Joe Belluck, the chairs the SUNY board that authorizes charters, backed out following criticism he\u2019d be biased toward those schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the fact that there are also a couple of people from the charter world, families from charter schools,\u201d said Yiatin Chu, the co-president for Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum &amp; Education. \u201cI think that\u2019s a balance that we did not have in the prior administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Gregory Faulkner previously worked for former City Council Member Fernando Cabrera.\" class=\"wp-image-21621946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Gregory Faulkner previously worked for former City Council Member Fernando Cabrera.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Councilman Fernando Carbrera\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Dr. Vasthi Acosta\" class=\"wp-image-21621944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Dr. Vasthi Acosta, a charter schools executive, was appointed to the Department of Education\u2019s oversight board.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a parent advocate, so I want parents to have the best choice for their children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The city released the names of the new appointees one day before the panel\u2019s next scheduled meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly appointed members bring with them a diverse range of experiences spanning school administration, education policy, the private sector, and, most importantly, firsthand knowledge as parents,\u201d read a mayor\u2019s office press release.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the list was Tom Allon, the publisher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> organization City and State and father of Jonah Allon, the deputy press officer to the mayor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-212.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Yiatin Chu had previously called out former Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza for being biased against Asian American students.\" class=\"wp-image-21621942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-212.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-212.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/adams-education-appointments-212.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yiatin Chu had previously called out former Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza for being biased against Asian American students.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William C. Lopez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gregory Faulkner \u2014 who has experience as an administrator, coordinator and counselor \u2014 was chief of staff to former City Council Member Fernando Cabrera, a controversial Adams appointee who received pushback for past anti-LGBTQ comments. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cParent and community engagement is an essential component of my vision for education in New York City, and that is why I\u2019m excited to begin what I know will be an effective and fruitful partnership with the panel members announced today,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n<p>The panel replaced the former Board of Education in the early 2000s to approve education department policies, budgetary items, contracts and more.<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting under the Adams administration was delayed earlier this year because not enough members were appointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best decisions are made when everyone is at the table, and this panel represents invaluable experience that will be critical as we reimagine our schools,\u201d said Schools Chancellor David Banks. \u201cI look forward to partnering with every new PEP member in the work of improving the educational outcomes of our youngest New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams also appointed retired principal Dr. Angela Green, former Community Education Council president Alan Ong and public school parent Gladys Ward to the panel.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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