![]() ![]() Lee Zeldin for governor.Īs veterans of the school wars on merit and co-founders of PLACE NYC, a 15,000-parent- strong advocacy group dedicated to improving academics, we spent the last two years fighting to open schools, eliminate needless mask and vaccine mandates and are now trying to restore the academic standards erased during COVID. That experience is part of why we - lifelong Democratic voters, moms of girls, staunchly pro-choice and long-time supporters of gay rights - are voting for Rep. This wasn’t much of a surprise to those of us who spent months fighting against the public-school system’s disastrous response to COVID. ![]() Students in every year tested lost ground, and the largest drop was among eighth graders heading to high school, who saw 11% fewer students proficient in math. The slow progress made pre-pandemic was eviscerated. The most reliable academic indicator for students in third to eighth grade - math scores - plummeted across all grades. On Wednesday, New York released state tests scores and parents finally got confirmation about the devastating learning loss so many of us saw first-hand during extended school lockdowns. Justice Alito: SCOTUS leak made conservative jurists ‘targets for assassination’ Herschel Walker denies paying second woman to get abortion Kemp, Abrams argue abortion, crime, economy in final Georgia governor’s race debate Pro-life woman shown in ‘evil light’ in ‘demonic’ abortion rights ad pushed by Clinton, Newsom ![]()
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