New York City Parents Union Sounds Off Against Assembly member Hakeem Jeffries
Julie Cavanagh
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From: Mona Davids <mda...@nycparentsunion.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:27:58
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Subject: New York City Parents Union Sounds Off Against Assemblymember
Hakeem Jeffries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2011
Contact:
Mona Davids, (917) 340-8987
New York City Parents Union Sounds Off Against Charter School Industry's Political Influence Through Money
Hakeem Jeffries: Another politician, another flip-flop
The New York City Parents Union is sounding the alarm against ambitious politicians seeking money from the charter school industry. A few days ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio decided that co-locating charter schools with public schools was acceptable -- after standing with parents to oppose a co-location. It is rumored that Mr. de Blasio wants to live in Gracie Mansion.
Now, a Daily News opinion piece has been co-authored by New York State Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries regarding the co-location of charter schools and it has left the New York City Parents Union and parents in Mr. Jeffries' 57th Assembly District puzzled and very concerned. It is rumored that Mr. Jeffries would like to go to Washington.
Mr. Jeffries' support of the charter industry's attacks on the public school parents, NAACP and the United Federation of Teachers lawsuit for challenging school closures and charter co-locations comes as a surprise, since Mr. Jeffries recently made impassioned remarks against a school closing and a co-location just this past February.
At a meeting of the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy (PEP) on February 3, Assemblymember Jeffries opposed the closing of Middle School 571 and the co-location of a charter school within Public School 9 -- where MS 571 was already located. Mr. Jeffries testified: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww> "Many of our schools remain separate and unequal". At that time, parents and community members were impressed and grateful.
Specifically, in calling for a "time-out" for the Department of Education, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww> "The Department of Education needs to be put on time out...They have refused to hear our voices, the school closure policy of the Department of Education is out of control. <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg> "
In a March NY Daily News interview, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg> "The Department of Education has been on a school closure binge for the last several years without any meaningful evidence that this policy benefits students."
The NYC Parents Union and local parents are wondering what has happened to Mr. Jeffries and to Mr. de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio is clearly desperate for campaign funds in pursuit of the Mayoralty and is hoping to hook big donors in the charter school field. It would be most unfortunate if Mr. Jeffries thinks that his road to Congress needs to be paved with gold from the charter school money players hotlist <https://secure.actblue.com/page/dferhotlist> rather than with votes from the people in his Assembly District.
The NYC Parents Union is keeping score of politicians' behaviors and positions. All elected officials will be held accountable if they choose to abandon their previous commitment to quality public education for all children.
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Michael Fiorillo
juice, behind charter schools are so powerful that all but the most
courageous elected or appointed officials - Bill Perkins, Charles
Barron, Tony Avella, Patrick Sullivan - are unable to resist it.
Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall when these pols (Di
Blasio, Jeffries, et. al.) get their, "Listen here, sonny, this is how
it's going to be..." lecture?
Or as John Huston's (homicidal, incestuous, scheming) character says
to Jack Nicholson in "Chinatown" (as he's delving into the dark heart
of the water/real estate expropriations in early 20th century LA):
"You may think you know what you're getting into, but believe me, you
don't."
Yes, they must all get that little talking to.
The country has been stripped of its productive capacity, and with it
the ability to produce legitimate - full-time, paying a living wage,
with health and pension benefits - employment. With the hollowing out
of the economy, public education budgets are one of the Final
Frontiers for privatizing, monetizing (and ultimately stripping and
looting) assets, formerly public assets that were under community and
democratic control, however imperfect. And in order to complete this
postmodern Enclosure Movement, the teachers must be broken as a force
to defend public education. Thus, the school closings and
reorganizations, and charter invasions, and cascading demands for
bullshit accountability busywork, all intended to keep the workforce
off-balance, ever on the defensive, and increasingly demoralized.
Props to Mona and Julie.
Michael Fiorillo
> Jeffries testified: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww>
> "Many of our schools remain separate and unequal". At that time,
> parents and community members were impressed and grateful.
>
> Specifically, in calling for a "time-out" for the Department of
> Education, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww
> > "The Department of Education needs to be put on time out...They
> have refused to hear our voices, the school closure policy of the
> Department of Education is out of control. <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg
> > "
>
>
> In a March NY Daily News interview, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg
> > "The Department of Education has been on a school closure binge
> for the last several years without any meaningful evidence that this
> policy benefits students."
>
> The NYC Parents Union and local parents are wondering what has
> happened to Mr. Jeffries and to Mr. de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio is
> clearly desperate for campaign funds in pursuit of the Mayoralty and
> is hoping to hook big donors in the charter school field. It would
> be most unfortunate if Mr. Jeffries thinks that his road to Congress
> needs to be paved with gold from the charter school money players
> hotlist <https://secure.actblue.com/page/dferhotlist> rather than
> with votes from the people in his Assembly District.
>
> The NYC Parents Union is keeping score of politicians' behaviors and
> positions. All elected officials will be held accountable if they
> choose to abandon their previous commitment to quality public
> education for all children.
>
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New York City Parents Union Sounds Off Against Charter School Industry's Political Influence Through Money Hakeem Jeffries: Another politician, another flip-flop The New York City Parents Union is sounding the alarm against ambitious politicians seeking money from the charter school industry. A few days ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio decided that co-locating charter schools with public schools was acceptable -- after standing with parents to oppose a co-location. It is rumored that Mr. de Blasio wants to live in Gracie Mansion. Now, a Daily News opinion piece has been co-authored by New York State Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries regarding the co-location of charter schools and it has left the New York City Parents Union and parents in Mr. Jeffries' 57th Assembly District puzzled and very concerned. It is rumored that Mr. Jeffries would like to go to Washington. Mr. Jeffries' support of the charter industry's attacks on the public school parents, NAACP and the United Federation of Teachers lawsuit for challenging school closures and charter co-locations comes as a surprise, since Mr. Jeffries recently made impassioned remarks against a school closing and a co-location just this past February. At a meeting of the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy (PEP) on February 3, Assemblymember Jeffries opposed the closing of Middle School 571 and the co-location of a charter school within Public School 9 -- where MS 571 was already located. Mr. Jeffries testified: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww> "Many of our schools remain separate and unequal". At that time, parents and community members were impressed and grateful. Specifically, in calling for a "time-out" for the Department of Education, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfJKq-0uww> "The Department of Education needs to be put on time out...They have refused to hear our voices, the school closure policy of the Department of Education is out of control. <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg> " In a March NY Daily News interview, Mr. Jeffries said: <http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-16/local/29149292_1_school-closure-school-options-mayor-bloomberg> "The Department of Education has been on a school closure binge for the last several years without any meaningful evidence that this policy benefits students." The NYC Parents Union and local parents are wondering what has happened to Mr. Jeffries and to Mr. de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio is clearly desperate for campaign funds in pursuit of the Mayoralty and is hoping to hook big donors in the charter school field. It would be most unfortunate if Mr. Jeffries thinks that his road to Congress needs to be paved with gold from the charter school money players hotlist <https://secure.actblue.com/page/dferhotlist> rather than with votes from the people in his Assembly District. The NYC Parents Union is keeping score of politicians' behaviors and positions. All elected officials will be held accountable if they choose to abandon their previous commitment to quality public education for all children. ### -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GEM-Internal" group. To post to this group, send email to GEM-In...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GEM-Internal...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GEM-Internal?hl=en.