Exiled NYC school staffers rake in fat paychecks as human trafficking probe drags on
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Exiled NYC school staffers rake in fat paychecks as human trafficking probe drags on

ByNews Polite

An NYC principal and his wife, accused masterminds behind a bilingual teacher scandal exposed by The Post, have raked in more than $500,000 in salary for the past two years — while the foreign educators they recruited are forbidden to visit their families back home if they want to keep…

NYC schools chief says parents don’t care about class size as he battles against state mandate
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NYC schools chief says parents don’t care about class size as he battles against state mandate

ByNews Polite

New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks claimed Tuesday that parents don’t care if classrooms are overcrowded, as he argued against a billion-dollar-plus state mandate to reduce their size. Banks testified at a public hearing in Albany in which he asked legislators to adjust the formula used to fund schools…

Principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Dominican teachers
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Principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Dominican teachers

ByNews Polite

Bilingual teachers brought from the Dominican Republic to work in New York City public schools have been treated like indentured servants by educators acting as their slumlords, The Post has learned. Bronx principal Emmanuel Polanco and a group of fellow Department of Education administrators have put nearly a dozen teachers…

State data offer further proof that school lockdowns were a disaster for kids
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State data offer further proof that school lockdowns were a disaster for kids

ByNews Polite

Lockdowns set New York City’s public-school kids back big-time, state test data just confirmed — fresh proof that the COVID-phobic teachers union put the children’s interests last. Math scores for kids in Grades 3-8 took a nosedive — with only 38% of kids being proficient. That was a drop of…