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January 17th, 2014

Persistent Educational Failure: The Crisis in District 9 and a Community Roadmap for Mayor Bill de Blasio

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Community School District 9 in the South Bronx is in crisis. Outgoing Mayor Bloomberg’s education policies have failed to close the achievement gap between District 9 and the City’s most affluent neighborhoods. In 2013, nine out of ten students in District 9 failed the English Language Arts exam, half of elementary and middle schools in the District are on state improvement lists, and only 10% of students graduated college ready.

Parent leaders of the New Settlement Parent Action Committee (PAC) strongly believe that the status quo cannot continue. The incoming administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has an historic opportunity to recommit the City to the mission of providing every child with an excellent neighborhood school and this report contains research-based strategies to discontinue this damaging trend.

New Settlement Parent Action Committee (PAC) is a member organization of the Coalition for Educational Justice.

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January 17th, 2014

Parent Power School is in Session!

Parent Power School- Sat, January 11, 2014

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The first Parent Power School of 2014 was focused on how parents can advocate in Albany for the crucial funds that NYC schools need. Participants learned about Mayor de Blasio’s effort to pass a tax on the wealthy to fund full-day pre-k for all four year olds and afterschool programs for all middle school students; as well as the statewide campaign to add $1.9 billion to the state budget for schools. Parents practiced lobbying legislators and telling the stories about their children that can push elected officials and policymakers to do the right thing. Over 45 people attended the session, which was held at the Transit Workers Union and conducted in Spanish and English, with convenient childcare in the next room.

Here are some materials from the training!

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October 24th, 2013

NYC Parent And Community Involvement Charts

Please click on images to download charts in English & Spanish that lay out the Department of Education’s parent engagement structures on the school, district and citywide levels and what they do. These were developed by The Fund for Public Advocacy and Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
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July 29th, 2013

Is Demography Still Destiny?

A report released by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform last year showed that after a decade of the most expansive high school choice system in the country, the college readiness of New York City high school graduates is still very highly correlated with the neighborhood they come from.

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May 26th, 2010

Beyond School Closings: Effective Alternatives for Low-Performing Schools

This policy brief reviews the research on school closings, profiles successful national and international models of school turnaround, and outlines CEJ’s proposal for a School Transformation Zone to improve low-performing schools and prevent school closings.

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