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Judith Kafka
@judithkafka.bsky.social
Professor of Ed Policy and Hist of Ed @Baruch College and CUNY Grad Center. Dog owner, book lover, Brooklynite, she/her.
"You did not answer the question. Let's give Mamdani a chance."
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
None of them can answer a question about kids with special needs
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
None of their staffs prepped them for how kids get into gifted in kindergarten in NYC
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Here it is! 90 minutes in
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
But I was wrong in my prediction that there would be a lot about education, since the NYC mayor has almost complete control over the city's schools and Mamdani is very weak on schools.
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Won’t he end up splitting the vote with Eric Adams and helping Mamdani?
June 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s so very good. Congratulations, Karen!
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Well ... but it only applies to students with identified disabilities, which is an important subset but also only a subset.
April 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I stand corrected! Thanks.
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I think by special education status, not race (but perhaps I'm wrong?). DeVos withdrew the Obama-era dear colleague letter about racial disparities in discipline and Biden never reinstated it. That's what I was referring to.
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Ooh. I haven’t been following and just looked up the criticisms. Agreed!
February 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM