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August 17th, 2012

New Yorkers for Great Public Schools released a report

New Yorkers for Great Public Schools (NYGPS) released a report that exposes how the organization StudentsFirst NY, which aims to spend $50 million in the next five years to continue Mayor Bloomberg’s education policies, is being funded by billionaires who are out of touch with New York City public school families. They want to increase standardized testing, close more schools, replace teachers with computers, privatize school services, and continue the same education policies that have led to only 13% of Black & Latino students graduating ready for college.

If you want to learn more, go to www.nygps.org

August 15th, 2012

Coalition Aims to Link School Group and Romney

By Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times

Hoping that New Yorkers will think of “Romney” as a dirty word, a coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups is beginning a campaign on Thursday to tie the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to defenders of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s education policies.

The coalition, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, said it planned to highlight donors who supported both Mitt Romney and StudentsFirstNY, a political group formed as a counterweight to teachers’ unions that oppose much of Mr. Bloomberg’s education agenda.

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August 7th, 2012

New coalition aims to sway 2013 race using education research

By Geoff Decker, Gotham Schools

Not satisfied with simply railing against the Bloomberg administration’s education policies in the lead-up to the 2013 mayoral election, more than 20 community and advocacy groups have formed a coalition to urge a different path.

And if the coalition, called A+ NYC, is successful, that path will be lined with education research.

A+ NYC is the latest entrant into a crowded field of education advocates aiming to influence the mayoral election. It is driven by many of the same advocacy groups that just four months ago signed on to New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, which aims to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s schools policies.

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June 6th, 2012

Education Summer 2012

Help move New York City Public Schools in the right direction! The Coalition for Educational Justice is looking for volunteers to assist with the Education Summer 2012 Campaign. For ten years, Mayor Bloomberg and corporate reformers have been moving our public schools down the road of inequity and privatization. Join parents, students, grassroots organizations, and community members to chart a new course for New York City public schools towards a quality public education for all of our students.

For more information, click here

February 1st, 2012

Public Advocate de Blasio, Comptroller Liu, Borough President Stringer, Former Comptroller Thompson Demand City Tell Truth About “Lost” High-Needs Students

Recent report shows closing schools are packed with high-needs students, but City hasn’t released data showing where those kids ended up

Elected officials ask: What happened to the kids who didn’t make it into the new schools? Is “warehousing” of high-needs students at other schools dooming them to fail?

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