New York City Parents Union

New York City Parents Union
Abbreviation NYCPU
Formation 2011
Type Education advocacy group
Legal status Unofficial/unlisted[1]
Headquarters New York City
Location
  • 225 Broadway, Suite 1902
Region
New York City
Methods Empowering parents, supporting school choice, advocacy, legislation and lawsuits
Membership
9,000 (unverified)[1]
President
Mona Davids
Vice-President
Sam Pirozzolo
Website www.nycparentsunion.org

The New York City Parents Union is a student rights advocacy organization, formed in 2011 by President Mona Davids. The group's mission statement says that it seeks to make high-quality public education available to the children of New York, through "empowering parents, supporting school choice, advocacy, legislation and lawsuits."[2] It has been at the center of a number of high-profile lawsuits, most notably the case now known as Davids v. New York, which was consolidated with a similar suit known as Wright v. New York that fellow school reformer Campbell Brown, head of Partnership for Educational Justice, had announced she would file on behalf of seven New York parents. The Davids v. New York lawsuit would seek to invalidate New York State teacher-tenure laws.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ford, Ruth (17 August 2015). "Who Exactly is the New York City Parents Union?". City Limits. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. NYCPU. "Mission". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. Brown, Stephen Rex. "Lawsuit challenging teacher tenure filed by parents' reform group". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. Ferrante, Keith J. "NYSUT allowed to intervene in tenure case". Legislative Gazette. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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