Seven things you need to know about the second PEP meeting
Seven takeaways from this week’s second marathon Panel for Educational Policy meeting, for those who don’t have time for 6,000-plus words, minute-to-minute updates:
1. The teachers union and charter school advocates have different ideas about how to get their points across.
On Tuesday night, Success Charter Network sent hundreds of parents to Brooklyn Tech, and many stayed until the wee hours of the morning, with sleepy young children in tow, until they could each comment publicly. Last night, the United Federation of Teachers held a rally outside the hearing and then filled the auditorium with supporters.
But just over an hour into the meeting, most of the union supporters walked out. We haven’t heard from the union