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I have a simple message for the Panel for Educational Policy: Stop politicizing the SHSAT, stop polarizing the People of New York, and start focusing on fundamentally improving the system as a whole. PEP oversees more than 1500 schools; the outsized obsession with eight of them misses the forest... show more

Rep. Ritchie Torres

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Chien Kwok⚔️🇺🇸1 year ago

Thank you Rep Torres! You are 100% correct. There are many issues w quality of NYC education. But SHSAT & Specialized HSs are instead shining successes that need to be expanded. Attacks on SHS are often veiled anti-Asian discrimination. PEP: Vote YES to the contract NOW!

john1 year ago

What is it going to be Ritchie - Governor or Mayor? Where can you do the most good?

FeechPeach1 year ago

They can’t stop. The nature of these very schools, that admission is based on meritocracy and not some idiotic DEI policy, destroys their souls. Rather than fixing the NYC DOE they obsessively focus on destroying them. Kind of similar on how they blame Israel for the woes of the world.

katie wright1 year ago

YES! YES! YES! run 4 gov already !

Jean1 year ago

This statement is aces Rep Torres! NYC Asians can't seem to catch a break with the non-stop attacks from the far left on education.

ScienceMom1 year ago

Thank you Ritchie. You are one of the very few sane and true public servants focused on solving NYers problems, not creating more of them. Messages like this, make me confident that I can support you. Glad to see you meeting with constituents like my friend Dr. David Spinner.

Mimi Reyes1 year ago

Thank you Rep Torres. You are a true voice of reason. How the PEP acts will determine whether another exodus of families will occur. PEP destroyed GT causing many families with young children to leave.

David 👺1 year ago

Thank you for weighing in on this important issue!

Repeal the Hecht-Calandra Act👩🏿‍⚖️⚖️1 year ago

No one's "politizing" the SHSAT other than those who refuse data-driven improvements to the exam. A single math/English multiple-choice exam should not be the SOLE measure of a 12-yro's ability. There are MANY other school contracts/initiatives you can comment on but never do

Deborah Alexander1 year ago

Chef's kiss, no notes. Thank you for speaking out, sir.

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