NY Daily News, Mamdani plan to scale back NYC gifted and talented program reignites simmering controversy, https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/mamdani-plan-to-scale-back-nyc-gifted-and-talented-program-reignites-simmering-controversy/ and

James Borland, Gifted Education Without Gifted Childre. https://assets.cambridge.org/97805215/47307/excerpt/, 9780521547307_excerpt.pdf

Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Developmenthttps://gifted.uconn.edu/schoolwide-enrichment-model/ https://gifted.uconn.edu/schoolwide-enrichment-model/

Jennifer Berkshire's books, The Education Wars and Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School , https://www.amazon.com/Education-Wars-Citizens-Defense-Manual/dp/1620978547/ and https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Schoolhouse-Door-Dismantling-Education/dp/1620977958/ref=sr_1_1

Jennifer Berkshire, Education Helped Power the Blue Wave, https://educationwars.substack.com/p/education-helped-power-the-blue-wave

Laura Pappano, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education, https://www.amazon.com/School-Moms-Activism-Partisan-Education/dp/0807012661

Laura Pappano, At Moms for Liberty summit, parents urged to turn their grievances into lawsuits, https://hechingerreport.org/at-moms-for-liberty-summit-parents-urged-to-turn-their-grievances-into-lawsuits/

Jake Zuckerman, Culture warriors lost school board races all around Ohio, https://signalohio.org/culture-warriors-lost-school-board-races-all-around-ohio/

David Pepper, Lesson: People Don't Want Crazy on their School Boards, https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/lesson-people-dont-want-crazy-on?r=g8fo&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Arne Duncan, America is in an ‘education depression.’ This solution is a no-brainer, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/03/democrats-education-tax-credit-duncan/

Jessica Seaman, Colorado teacher unions ride blue wave to victory in school board races, https://www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/colorado-teacher-union-school-board-elections/

Jenny Brundin, Supporters of Propositions MM and LL declare victory, https://www.cpr.org/2025/11/04/proposition-ll-mm-funding-free-school-meals-results/

Scotus Blog, Mahmoud v. Taylor https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/mahmoud-v-taylor/

Maggie Scales, Lexington parent sues district over lessons that “normalize LGBTQ relationships” , https://lexobserver.org/2025/11/07/lexington-parent-sues-district-for-burdening-childs-religious-upbringing/

Class Size Matters presentation, How NYC parents can better protect their children's privacy https://classsizematters.org/how-nyc-can-better-protect-their-childrens-privacy/

Questions parents should be asking their schools about their use of ed tech and privacy practices, https://classsizematters.org/questions-nyc-public-school-parents-should-ask-schools-about-their-use-of-ed-tech-and-privacy-practices

City Council hearings on the bus contracts, https://citymeetings.nyc/meetings/new-york-city-council/2024-09-30-1000-am-committee-on-education/chapter/long-standing-bus-contracts-and-the-need-for-rebidding/

Senate bill 1018 on Busing Employee Protection Provisions www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1018

Gothamist, School bus service is already rough in NYC. It could get worse, https://gothamist.com/news/school-bus-service-is-already-rough-in-nyc-it-could-get-worse

Parents to Improve School Transportation website, https://www.pistnyc.org/

PIST virtual meetings this month are: Friday Oct 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday Oct 21 at 1:00 p.m. details at: https://www.pistnyc.org/events/2025-26-pist-meeting

Chancellor Ramos delivers 2025 State of our Schools remarks;
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/news/announcements/contentdetails/2025/09/29/chancellor-melissa-aviles-ramos-delivers-2025-state-of-our-schools-remarks

Liat Olenick, NYC schools need a moratorium on AI; https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/03/nyc-schools-need-a-moratorium-on-ai/

An Open Letter to AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Potential and Pitfalls of the New National Academy for AI Instruction
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ey1BTwubPbhT7-Q1FIJzR0Tdr8aEgyXfEp46OLT94sU/edit?tab=t.0

If you are interested in organizing around AI in schools, add your email here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiHgNbOAMI1z_KJY-ioO3tYXUnUP4geIIxZMD-hGb22U2hjQ/viewform

Karen Hao, Empire of AI; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/

Stateline, More than half the states have issued AI guidance for schools; https://stateline.org/2025/07/15/more-than-half-the-states-have-issued-ai-guidance-for-schools/

Microsoft press release, AFT to launch National Academy for AI Instruction with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and United Federation of Teachers; https://news.microsoft.com/source/2025/07/08/aft-to-launch-national-academy-for-ai-instruction-with-microsoft-openai-anthropic-and-united-federation-of-teachers/

National Academy for AI Instruction home page; https://aiinstruction.org/

UFT News, AI academy launches, https://www.uft.org/news/news-stories/news-stories/ai-academy-launches

Gothamist, Big Tech, NYC teachers union join forces in new AI initiative that's drawing concerns; https://gothamist.com/news/big-tech-nyc-teachers-union-join-forces-in-new-ai-initiative-thats-drawing-concerns

Korea Herald, South Korea pulls plug on AI textbooks, https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546695

Edutopia, What Happened the Year I Banned AI; https://www.edutopia.org/article/banning-ai-tools-class

Gothamist, “From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban”
https://gothamist.com/news/from-burner-phones-to-decks-of-cards-nyc-teens-are-adjusting-to-the-smartphone-ban?ref=hellgatenyc.com

Chalkbeat, “Cellphones out, Chromebooks in: NYC to give 350,000 students new laptops with free internet”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/08/nyc-students-get-350000-chromebooks-to-bridge-digital-divide/

Andrew Cuomo: “My plan to deliver for NYC’s 1 million schoolkids,” NY Post https://nypost.com/2025/09/08/opinion/andrew-cuomo-my-plan-to-deliver-for-nycs-1-million-schoolkids/

Chalkbeat, “NYC’s next mayor could shake up the schools chancellor search. This group has ideas for doing that.”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/10/mayoral-control-over-nyc-schools-chancellor-search-could-test-mamdani/

RJPS, “Beyond the Moment: Building the Future of NYC Public Education.” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/school-is-in-session-launching-the-rjps-education-roadmap-tickets-1591781654779

Ashana Bigard, “Beyond Resilience: Katrina 20”
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Resilience-Unbreakable-Defending-Community/dp/B0FLVJ3TJT

Ashana Bigard, The Progressive Magazine, “The Billion-Dollar Experiment: How New Orleans’ Charter School Revolution Failed the Children It Promised to Save.” https://pv4ps.org/the-billion-dollar-experiment-how-new-orleans-charter-school-revolution-failed-the-children-it-promised-to-save/

Alexandra Freidus, Unequal Lessons: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City, https://nyupress.org/9781479827817/unequal-lessons/

Alexandra Freidus, CV, https://education.uconn.edu/person/alexandra-freidus/

WEB Dubois, Does the Negro Does the Negro Need Separate Schools?
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/does-the-negro-need-seperate-schools.pdf

Politico, Brooklyn school rezoning proposal at heart of diversity debate is approved, https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/01/brooklyn-school-rezoning-proposal-at-heart-of-diversity-debate-is-approved-029673

DNA Info, Schools Boss Touts Pen Pal System as Substitute for Racial Integration, https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151029/upper-west-side/schools-boss-touts-pen-pal-system-as-substitute-for-racial-integration/

Ed Week, Senators—Including Republicans—Reject All of Trump’s Proposed Education Cuts, https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/senators-including-republicans-reject-all-of-trumps-proposed-education-cuts/2025/07

Text of College Transparency Act, https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cta_textpdf.pdf

2022 Letter to Congress from privacy, consumer & education groups in opposition to the College Transparency Acthttps://studentprivacymatters.org/letter-to-congress-from-privacy-consumer-education-groups-in-opposition-to-the-college-transparency-act/

Chalkbeat, Fewer Black and Latino students win offers to attend specialized high schools,  https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/07/31/nyc-specailized-high-school-admissions-data-eric-adams-segregation/

NYC Parent Blog, New evidence of an extreme gender bias in selective high school admissions demands an independent evaluation of the exam https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-evidence-of-extreme-gender-bias-in.html

Union Matter - Arthur Goldstein blog

NY Post - NYC teachers’ union boss Mike Mulgrew ousts rivals, critics from UFT payroll in 'purge'

The Wire - 'We Are the Union': Time to Let UFT Staffers Unionize and End Patronage Rule

Katie Helene Substack - The Purge: When Standing Up Gets You Removed

Chalkbeat - NYC schools to get $29 million for cellphone ban. But when will funds arrive?

NPR - Supreme Court says Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue

Leah Lin Instagram 

Gaspare Randazzo website

Politico, Zohran Mamdani leads general election poll for NYC mayor, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/zohran-mamdani-leads-general-election-poll-00443469

AI in the classroom, Presentation at Network for Public Education conference, April 6, 2025,  https://studentprivacymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AI-for-NPE-final-.pdf

AFT press release, AFT to Launch National Academy for AI Instruction with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and United Federation of Teachers, https://www.aft.org/press-release/aft-launch-national-academy-ai-instruction-microsoft-openai-anthropic-and-united

AFT press conference, https://www.youtube.com/live/s1WWs_fZwAc?si=4nqqGR4UxfoPNjBC

NYTimes, OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html  

NY Times, A Classroom Experiment, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/briefing/artificial-intelligence-education-students.html

Julian Vasquez Heilig, AI Code Red: Supercharging Racism, Rewriting History, and Hijacking Learning, https://cloakinginequity.com/2025/06/20/code-red-how-ai-is-set-to-supercharge-racism-rewrite-history-and-hijack-learning/  

Diane Ravitch, An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else, preorder at https://cup.columbia.edu/book/an-education/9780231220293/

Science, Senate spending panel would rescue science funding,  https://www.science.org/content/article/senate-spending-panel-would-rescue-nsf-and-nasa-science-funding