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“Walk In Our Children’s Shoes” « EdVox

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“Walk In Our Children’s Shoes”

Bronx District 9 Parents & Elected Officials to the Department of Education: “Walk In Our Children’s Shoes”
Parents, Advocates and Electeds Lead March Highlighting Abysmal School Opportunities for South Bronx Children; Demand Action Plan
Bronx, NY- Frustrated by a decade of ineffectual reforms, while seeing almost half of their schools on state lists for poor performance, Bronx students, parents, community advocates and elected officials, including Senator Gustavo Rivera, led a “Walk in Our Children’s Shoes” tour of District 9 schools on Wednesday.
Although already abysmal scores had nowhere to go but up when Mayor Bloomberg entered office, reading