In the context of New York City's mayoral primary race, education has taken a back seat, with candidates inadequately addressing this key issue. With significant disparities in wealth across the city, the public school system, which serves more students than the entire population of San Francisco, represents an important avenue for social mobility. Despite education's vast budget and workforce, candidates lack coherent proposals to improve academic performance or tackle critical issues like chronic absenteeism and the need for bilingual education staff, especially as pandemic effects persist.
Public education represents both a potential engine of social mobility and one of the biggest ways that local government reaches the everyday lives of New Yorkers.
Despite alarming declines in reading and math skills among the city’s lowest-performing children, major Democratic candidates for mayor have not presented a robust education plan.
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