Carranza visits a classroom at Codwell Elementary School in Houston, Texas. The great irony, of course, is that such a mission destroys the very ladder rungs immigrants and low-income families climb to achieve success. The group, Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, was formed to fight former Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s misguided mission to remove screening and gifted-and-talented programs for the supposed goal of equity.
In reality, PLACE is a grassroots, nonpolitical and exceedingly diverse parent organization co-founded by Yiatin Chu, an Asian immigrant. The last day for parents to vote in these elections is Tuesday, and from all accounts, turnout is dismal.
It’s an odd focus for a media that were rather uninterested in children’s well-being throughout the pandemic. “A problematic parent group,” she tweeted, “with leaders who spew anti-trans and pro-white supremacist rhetoric is going all out to win seats across NYC.” The upcoming school elections end on Tuesday.
The City, a news website, was just as ominous: “City Education Council Elections Bring Polarizing National Issues to Local School Districts.”Įven uber-leftist celebrity activist Cynthia Nixon of “Sex in the City” fame got in on the game. “If you think right-wing campaigns to affect education are only happening in red states, think again, and think very local,” warned WNYC’s Brian Lehrer. “Some parents warn of conservative culture wars in NYC’s education council elections” was Gothamist’s vague headline. It’s curious that in the last few days a number of media outlets have decided to dive into the New York City Schools Community and Citywide Education Councils elections, setting their sights on dismantling the influence volunteer parent group PLACE has had recommending candidates. The teachers union launched a campaign to brand the open-schools movement problematic. It’s now the parents’ rights movement accused of being close-minded egotistical dolts. Without any of the glory that usually comes with being right, open-schools parents have been vindicated in our predictions.īut that’s already old news. Nonetheless, the smears continue to this day. We watched our children lose interest in life and learning, and it didn’t take much to see how the poorest kids, or those with unhappy home lives, would be most harmed. Every missed milestone felt like a dagger. Parents attending a meeting for the NYC School Board Community Education Council District 2 in New York. The backlash to parents demanding a return to normal for our children made our heads spin and served, as intended, to scare away some, who were shocked and bruised by the vicious attacks. (Someone recently tweeted this at one of us, who labored in person throughout lockdowns as an essential worker.) With lightning speed, the teachers union employed propagandist tactics, launching a relentless campaign to brand the open-schools movement racist - just a bunch of selfish rich white moms missing their me-time and yoga classes. Parents learned this lesson when we demanded that schools reopen during the pandemic. The details offered in the hit pieces are scant, but who cares? Slapping a right-wing label on anything in New York City, no matter how disingenuous, is the kiss of death.Īnd their real target is the city’s schoolchildren - and the school elections finishing Tuesday. If the attitude seems to reek of coastal elitism, you’re not wrong. They portray the campaign as a contagion spreading from hillbilly red states to previously liberal enclaves in the north.Įven - gasp! - to New York City, our once-safe haven of liberalism! There has been a growing, orchestrated effort over the last three years by some groups to label the parents’ rights movement right-wing - and the media are buying it. Albany is doing everything it can to shrivel New YorkĬarroll’s court win and more: Letters to the Editor - May 14, 2023įormer Staten Island school to house 300 migrants as locals fumeīiden’s avoidable border disaster, facing his age problem and more commentary
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