News 4 New York – Melissa Russo
“Outreach workers from the New York City Department of Education are getting trained to go to the homes of families at the city’s 94 lowest-performing schools, where so many parents have checked out of their children’s education, according to officials, that PTAs have been disbanded and parent-teacher conferences deserted…”When you see a succesful school, parents are a core component of that,” the city’s first lady and longtime public school parent Chirlane McCray told NBC 4 New York in an exclusive interview Tuesday.”(more)