Admissions of an Admissions Survivor
I would like to think that if Dante wrote The Inferno today there would be a special circle of hell just for Kindergarten admissions in NYC. And within that level there would be a VIP room for those...
View ArticleNo, Mayor Bloomberg You Cannot Count on My Vote
Yesterday I received a call from a little old lady who called herself Charlotte. She told me that she was working for Mayor Bloomberg and then rattled off a list of his achievements as Mayor. She...
View ArticleThe Recession’s Front Line: Our Schools
The day after our SVmoms conference call with Katie Couric about Children of the Recession, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) announced system wide cuts to the New York City public schools. The...
View ArticlePTA Fundraising – Where There’s Money, There’s Tension
Last week the New York Times published an article about parent fundraising in NYC schools where gentrification has taken hold and the tensions over who can or cannot give, who decides how much to ask...
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