[ProgressiveEd] Report on Friday's NYS Senate Majority Task Force 4/4 Pub...
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Dear Colleagues:
I want to raise a question that has remained largely unspoken in the debate
about preserving the local school districts. To what degree are the efforts
by local politicians to preserve school districts connected to their desire
to preserve white middle class enclaves in our school system? Have these
district offices really been accountable and responsive to the majority of
parents? If there is an educational argument to preserve the districts I
would like to hear it because nothing mentioned in the press thus far has
discussed how these structures have worked to support teaching and learning.
As the networks are created over the next few months, I think it is incumbent
on progressive educators to argue for diverse networks of schools that are
not segregated by race and class.
Shael Polakow-Suransky
Principal, Bronx International High School
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I want to raise a question that has remained largely unspoken in the debate=20=
about preserving the local school districts. To what degree are the ef=
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esire to preserve white middle class enclaves in our school system? Ha=
ve these district offices really been accountable and responsive to the majo=
rity of parents? If there is an educational argument to pr=
eserve the districts I would like to hear it because nothing mentioned in th=
e press thus far has discussed how these structures have worked to support t=
eaching and learning. <BR>
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As the networks are created over the next few months, I think it is incumben=
t on progressive educators to argue for diverse networks of schools that are=
not segregated by race and class.<BR>
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Shael Polakow-Suransky<BR>
Principal, Bronx International High School</FONT></HTML>
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