I’m curious to see how this plays out in Hoboken. A district in a nearby small city is in receivership and I didn’t hear about it until I attended a forum sponsored by NYSAPE. I haven’t seen it in the local news, and I certainly haven’t heard anything from NYSUT (state level union in NYS.)
The district has the largest minority student body in the area by far and it’s the only district in the area that’s in receivership. The first thing that struck me was that there had to be a civil rights angle. I contacted the ACLU but they declined to get involved, as they had other actions they were pursuing in the area.
I know the ACLU had more than enough work to do. And I’m not faulting them. But I can’t think of any more pressing civil rights issues in our day than those that impact the ability of children to get a free, appropriate education that actually prepares them to become citizens in a democracy. Nothing about the receivership process is indicating improvement and progress towards that end.
So I wonder, once again, where is the public outcry? The moral indignation?
I worry about the deafening silence that, intentional or not, implies acceptance or even complicity.
I worry about the deafening silence that, intentional or not, implies acceptance or even complicity.
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