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GEM Scares ‘Em: Klein Urges Achievement First Charter School Parents to Come Out
Cross post from Ed Notes: GEM on the radar. This was passed on from a parent. Of course while the charter schools are rallying at 4:30 the UFT will be holding another staged Delegate Assembly, leaving the field open. I rsvp to Courtney telling her that GEM will be there and thanking her for the … Continue reading
CEJ calls for moratorium on school co-locations
This message from The Coalition for Educational Justice No more pitting of schools against schools and parents against parents! On Tuesday, February 23rd at 11AM outside of Tweed, the Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) will be calling for a moratorium on co-locations until there is an independent source of information on utilization and impact. District … Continue reading
How the charter end game will hurt public education
A NYC parent writes: I have no problem with charter schools per se. I have a real problem with them entering public school spaces, enforced ‘sharing’ of facilities and having cluster rooms of public schools taken away to give space to Charter schools. I don’t mind Charter schools I just fiercely refute the idea of … Continue reading
Girls Prep Charter and District One: Who is at risk?
by Lisa Donlan (UPDATED WITH VIDEO FROM FEB. 11 Hearing) NYS Charter Law indicates that the purpose of creating new charter schools across the state is, among other goals, to: •Increase learning opportunities for all students, with am emphasis on at-risk students, The schools that DoE has identified as sites for Girls Prep co location … Continue reading
Notes and Pics on Cypress Hills meeting…
Notes by John S. of CAPE At about 4:30 there were several people, community members, parents and children. Once the after school let out, the kids rallied with everyone and several more parents/adults came. The after school staff rallied with the parents! VERY COOL. Channel 12 was there covering the story. The superintendent read the … Continue reading
SUPPORT THE Bronx SMITH H.S. FIGHT BACK!
GEM fights against school closings period and opposes the privatization of our public schools via charters. It is the responsibility of the DOE to fix, improve all schools to the highest caliber possible. We want equal quality democratic public schooling and not private corporate run private charters that will be selective and exclusive of the … Continue reading
Alfred E. Smith HS — public hearing this Friday
Alfred E. Smith Career & Technical HS is still fighting to stay open, and they’re asking people to come to the public hearing on Friday, Feb. 12th (at Smith) and to Klein’s PEP meeting on the 24th (at Fashion Industries). See details for both events in the sidebar at the right. GEM received a letter … Continue reading
Some comments on the PEP hearing Feb. 10
This in from Paola de Kock and reproduced here with her permission: Several people . . . have asked about the Feb 10 “special hearing” – what regulations will be voted on, was the notice sufficient, when and where to send comments, etc. The confusion hasn’t been helped by misinformation from hapless DFA’s. I have … Continue reading
February Charter Invasion Madness
Anyone desires to see for themselves the destructive and polarizing effects of charter school invasions of public school space, attend any of the forums below. If you’d like to speak, sign up 45 minutes before. Date time Organization/school Address8-Feb 6pm charter co-loc 410 East 100 street,manh8-Feb 6pm KIPP Infinity Charter 625 West 133rd St, Manhattan9-Feb … Continue reading
East Harlem "Save Our Schools Campaign" kicks off this Monday
GEM has heard that Manhattan East and neighboring schools are inviting organizations to help and support them. They were recently told to leave the building so that it could be given to charter-school “Yes,-I-earn-a-good-living” administrator Eva Moskowitz. See Juan Gonzalez’s Feb. 27th article in the Daily News about Ms Moskowitz, which begins: “Eva Moskowitz, the … Continue reading
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