Over the past several weeks, dozens of concerned parents have contacted me to let me know of their support for maintaining parent association-funded teaching assistants in our public schools during the Continue reading
May
10
Tag Archives: education
Mar
10
Support for the Creation of PS 267
Last night I delivered testimony to the Panel for Education Policy (PEP) in support of the proposal to co-locate P.S. 267, a new elementary school, in the P.S. 158 building beginning Continue reading
Dec
14
Opposition to Dept. of Education Rezoning Proposal
The Upper East Side has faced a steadily worsening overcrowding crisis for the past several years. Schools have been forced to convert art rooms, libraries, and even closets into instructional Continue reading
Dec
19
The Executive Budget: Beginning the Conversation About Shared Sacrifice
Governor David Paterson presents the 2009-10 Executive Budget to the NYS Legislature.
As we all expected, the Executive Budget is the result of a painful reality of our difficult economic situation. It Continue reading
Oct
24
More on School Overcrowding
Here is an audio file you can listen to of a recent interview I did about the problem of school overcrowding with CNPI reporter, Florence Wapimewah, in late September. The interview Continue reading