New York City established the Office of Family Engagement and Advocacy to build communication between schools and families, long a problem in urban districts around the country. The NY Times reports, however, that the city recently asked nearly 400 coordinators to round up parents’ signatures on a petition supporting Mayor Bloomberg's top political issue -- a story first broken by GothamSchools. Not surprisingly, people are upset. The politicization of the parent outreach office had been increasing for months. Then the office's coordinators
