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NYC parents urge de Blasio to reform Bloomberg’s educational policies

December 16, 2013 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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Community Education Councils (CECs) representing parents citywide have signed on to a letter to Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio raising concerns in numerous areas, including the decision-making processes put in place by the Bloomberg administration.

CEC’s have replaced local school boards.

The statement calls for, among other things, reform of the Panel for Education Policy, a return to a Community School District structure, serious changes to the way that decisions are made concerning the space allocations to schools and future construction and educational programming, and reversal of the contested co-locations approved by Bloomberg’s Panel for Education Policy late this year.

 The statement seeks immediate review of the City’s assessment and delivery of special education services.  In addition, the statement seeks parental and community input into the selection of the next chancellor, urges the City to follow state law concerning payment of rent for charter school co-locations, seeks engagement on the Common Core, seeks a moratorium on the use of standardized testing in high-stakes decisions, and asks the mayor-elect to protect student privacy.

As of December 16, Community Education Councils for Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, and 31, as well as the Citywide Council on English Language Learners, Citywide Council on Special Education, and the Citywide District 75 Council and individual signatories from the Citywide Council on High Schools and Community Education Council 23 have signed on to the letter.  

Additional Community Education Councils and Citywide Councils are expected to be added throughout the month of December.

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