Articles Tagged “DOE”
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#OccupyDOE Holds General Assembly on the Steps of Tweed
Hundreds of parents, teachers, students and even Dept. of Education (DOE) administrators met on the steps of Tweed Courthouse last Monday, Nov. 7, for the 1st General Assembly on Public Education. Facilitated by a parent, teacher and a student, the group used the #PeoplesMic, to discuss inequities in public education and plan their next steps [...]
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Education Councils Elections Mired in Bureaucracy | The Epoch Times
By Gidon Belmaker/Epoch Times Staff NEW YORK—Election season is usually a festival of civic participation. Contrary to common practice, however, the current elections for the Community Education Councils are passing by mostly unnoticed. Parent groups are accusing the Department of Education (DOE) of deliberately obstructing the election process, making it harder for parents to vote [...]
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BREAKING NEWS | UFT President Seeking Investigation Against DOE Policy
Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), sent a letter to the New York State Attorney General’s Office requesting a formal investigation into the New York City Department of Education (DOE) policy on school closings. The letter alleges that the DOE ignored legitimate concerns about high concentrations of high need students in [...]
