Covid-19 has been good to Amazon. Jeff Bezos got a lot richer. Our local stores and restaurants however have been suffering. As our city climbs out from this pandemic we need to get people back into stores and local establishments. And Small…
Category: Opinion Article
Racial obsessions make it impossible for NYC schools to treat parents, kids as people
This piece originally ran July 23, 2020. My belief is that schools should be focusing all of their resources and efforts on improving the education for all students. Slightly less than half of NYC students are grade level proficient in…
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Preserve and Expand NYC’s Successful G&T Programs
This opinion piece first appeared in the Queens Chronicle, April 27, 2020 by Yiatin Chu, Chien Kwok and Maud Maron One year ago the mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group (SDAG) proposed to “discontinue the use of the Gifted & Talented…
Freezing Out Too Many Parents
This opinion piece was first published in the New York Daily News on Sept 4, 2019 by Maud Maron Freezing out too many parents: De Blasio’s diversity advisory group didn’t want to hear from moms and dads who use screened…
Boys Need Test-Based Specialized High School Admissions
This opinion piece was first published in the New York Daily News on Apr 02, 2019 by Maud Maron and Cressida Connolly Mayor de Blasio’s plan to eliminate the Specialized High Schools Admissions test will hurt boys. Models project that if…
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