Education items move forward at CB 13
Shortly after a roll call on Tuesday night, Community Board 13’s Youth, Education & Libraries Committee meeting was amended after a deadlock vote led to two previous resolutions — which
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Shortly after a roll call on Tuesday night, Community Board 13’s Youth, Education & Libraries Committee meeting was amended after a deadlock vote led to two previous resolutions — which
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan A community of African-American parents from Queens are sounding the alarm about why kids in their public school system seem not to be achieving academically despite a high rate of per-student spending by the Department of Education. And they’re threatening to get answers in court if they must. The newly formed Students Improvement Association — which has ripped the low school performance in southeast Queens despite high DOE spending — pledged to dig in against the agency. … Leaders Michael Duncan and Raymond Dugue have highlighted that the DOE spends upwards of...