Natalya Murakhver
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The class-size law is about to cause misery for countless city public-school families
A new state mandate that's starting to phase in could have devastating consequences for unsuspecting families who will be apply to schools next year.
Unions want full control of schools and our kids -- we can't let Albany allow it
21 years after former Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrested control of the largest school district in the country, Mayor Eric Adams could lose control of New York City’s 1,800 public schools.
As hostages remain underground in Gaza after 120 days, we ask: Why can’t Jews have their Oct. 8?
Sept. 12 brought global moral clarity and resolve, the West coalescing around a grieving United States. But on Oct. 8, neither Jews nor Israel were allowed to grieve or process.
Progressives shamelessly try to censor a meeting of moms who care about schools in NYC
We must refrain from continued ad hominem attacks. We must begin to listen and find compromise. Most of America is in the middle. Let’s meet there.
Where's the empathy for dead Israeli children?
After last month’s Hamas pogroms in Israel, where 30 Jewish children were brutally murdered and nearly 30 more dragged into Gaza by violent terrorists, there is no global outcry for...
After Hamas' horrors, why is it so hard to say Jewish Lives Matter?
Members of the Jewish community light candles in the shape of the Star of David at a vigil for the victims of the deadly attacks by the Palestinian terror organization...
Mayor Adams should not take away kids' sports for newly arrived migrants
Mayor Eric Adams has confiscated public ballfields on Randall’s Island to construct a tent city for newly arrived migrant men.
NY pols should leave our kids alone — and not keep transitions from parents
On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams designated New York a sanctuary city for “gender-affirming care.”
Teachers union goes AWOL in fight to keep migrant shelters out of schools
Mayor Eric Adams has now let public-school gyms and libraries warehouse newly arrived migrants.
Parents for open schools are being smeared — to keep them off NYC's education councils
The real target is the city’s schoolchildren — and the school elections finishing Tuesday.
Sorry, Randi: No one resents teachers or schools — just your leadership
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, claimed in USA Today that “MAGA Republicans” are destroying public schools and it’s up to parents and teachers to save them.
The pandemic's long over — can we get fully back to normal already?
The remnants of pandemic policies are hodgepodge and nonsensical, ranging from vaccine and mask mandates to testing and isolation.
Why is NYC's arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?
Even as city- and state-enforced edicts have slipped into the annals of history, children’s mask and vaccine mandates remain alive in many museums, theaters and other cultural venues.
Mike Pompeo is right: Randi Weingarten IS a danger to our children
The pandemic lockdowns pulled back the curtain and parents found themselves fighting on the frontlines to reopen our nation’s schools, faced with an unfamiliar adversary.
I'm a pro-choice Dem, and I'm voting for Zeldin to make me and other women feel safe again
I am a pro-choice Democrat. A woman's right to a safe abortion is a key issue for me.
No, Randi Weingarten, parents won't give you 'amnesty' for the damage you did our kids
In late September 2021, parents across the country watched a promising and groundbreaking town hall entitled “A Safe and Healthy Reopening of Our Schools.”
Gov. Hochul, you need to unmask our children now
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she’s lifting the statewide indoor mask mandate, but our children must continue to mask in school. It's long past time to reverse course.