{"id":1143332,"date":"2021-12-22T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143332"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:04:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:04:21","slug":"nyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-education-pick-to-overhaul-fundamentally-flawed-school-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-education-pick-to-overhaul-fundamentally-flawed-school-system\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor-Elect Eric Adams&#039; Education Pick to Overhaul &#039;Fundamentally Flawed&#039; School System"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-education-pick-to-overhaul-fundamentally-flawed-school-system%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Adams-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams\u2019 (D) pick for education chancellor is planning to reimagine the city\u2019s \u201cfundamentally flawed\u201d school system, prioritizing parents over education bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming Chancellor David Banks, a long-time educator and founder of Eagle Academy \u2014 a network of schools that caters primarily to African American boys and has a graduation rate consistently above 90 percent \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/09\/eric-adams-names-david-banks-as-new-doe-chancellor\/\">said<\/a>,&nbsp;\u201cWe spend $38 billion dollars every year in this system, and 65 percent of black and brown children never reach proficiency.\u201d He called the low reading levels \u201ca betrayal,\u201d adding, \u201c[W]e should be outraged by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Banks, whose father is a retired NYPD police officer, plans to take on the city\u2019s educrats, saying \u201cyou cannot change New York City if you do not change the state of education in the city. So that is where we begin,\u201d explaining that \u201cit needs to be a transformation and it will start at the top. We will turn the tables over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/18\/new-nyc-schools-chancellor-david-banks-calls-doe-wrong-for-kids\/\">told<\/a> Rev. Al Sharpton\u2019s National Action Network (NAN), \u201cI&nbsp;believe fundamentally that the way we are educating our children is wrong,\u201d saying that those in charge of education in the city \u201chave not given [students] a reason for even going to school in the first place,\u201d and vowed to dedicate education to students\u2019 \u201ceconomic upward mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In line with his message of revamping the education system, he told NAN he is \u201cnot here to play around on the margins,\u201d and said in his appointment acceptance speech that students \u201cexist in a school system that is fundamentally flawed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the New York Post, Banks \u201cquestioned why thousands of DOE employees in \u2018these high-paid positions\u2019 were needed,\u201d and \u201cvowed never to announce a major policy initiative for the city\u2019s schools unless he was \u2018surrounded by parents and families who have cosigned what we are doing.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An appointment the New York Post Editorial Board <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/18\/nyc-schools-chancellor-to-be-david-banks-continues-to-offer-good-sense\/\">believes<\/a> will make the bureaucrats in the city\u2019s education department \u201csquirm in their seats,\u201d Banks promises several overhauls for city schools, including tackling the city\u2019s literacy issues and the academic and developmental setbacks caused by coronavirus lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re teaching it wrong,\u201d the incoming chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/13\/incoming-schools-chancellor-david-banks-on-why-so-many-black-brown-students-arent-reaching-proficiency-theyre-teaching-wrong\/#.YbduhWUuAOA.twitter\">said<\/a> to CBS New York of literacy in the city. \u201cWe\u2019re going to go back to a phonetic approach to teaching. We\u2019re going to ensure that our kids can read by the third grade. \u2026 That\u2019s been a huge part of the dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained to CBS New York that 25 years ago, the city decided to pursue \u201cbalanced literacy\u201d as opposed to the \u201cphonetic approach,\u201d a change he said \u201chas not worked for black and brown children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To succeed in his ambitious path, Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/invoke-the-village-longer-nyc-school-days-saturday-classes-possible-via-community-groups-chancellor-says\/\">told<\/a> PIX11, he would take an \u201cinvoke the village\u201d approach, explaining that some of the city\u2019s students and teachers might see longer school days, summer schooling, and a higher level of community involvement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen we talk about Saturdays or summer time or extended days, we\u2019re not necessarily saying we\u2019re looking to mandate that all New York City school teachers are going to have to do all this work,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s quite to the contrary. There are community based organizations all across the city who have been doing work like this for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banks also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/new-nyc-schools-chancellor-wants-longer-school-days-saturday-and-summer-classes\/3445341\/\">told<\/a> NBC New York, \u201cTeachers very often may say \u2018I don\u2019t want to work on Saturday, I don\u2019t want to work all year long.\u2019 But if we continue to do things the way we\u2019ve been doing them? We\u2019ll continue to get the same results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, whereas \u201crecent chancellors have sought to basically destroy the city\u2019s specialized high schools,\u201d according to the Post, Banks plans on expanding them.<\/p>\n<p>Adams explained what he was looking for in a chancellor, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t tell me about your Ivy League degrees, don\u2019t tell me about where you went to school and how important you think you are. Don\u2019t tell me about what you are going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to hear about your academic intelligence, I want to know about your emotional intelligence,\u201d he continued. \u201cHow sound are you for this battle that we are in front of. This is a real fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After eight years of chancellors appeasing the system\u2019s vested interests and playing divisive race-baiting games,\u201d the Post\u2019s Editorial Board concluded, \u201cBanks\u2019 focus on what\u2019s actually best for students is a welcome relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams\u2019 (D) pick for education chancellor is planning to reimagine the city\u2019s \u201cfundamentally flawed\u201d school system, prioritizing parents over education bureaucrats. Incoming Chancellor David Banks, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}