Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Organization That Dare Not Speak Its Name* | Edwize

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The Organization That Dare Not Speak Its Name*

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On Sunday, my wife came home from church with a leaflet and a strange story.
Someone who was a tad bit reluctant to provide her name had passed out a leaflet and attempted to recruit members of her congregation to an organization of parents fighting for better schools, PTA Now. But it didn’t really seem like the PTAs she knew, the Parent-Teacher Association organized in your child’s school.
It isn’t.
According to its web site, “Parents Taking Action (PTA) is a coalition of New York City parents who believe every child should have access to a great public school. We are standing up for our children, holding the Department of