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The teacher’s union has their issues with charter schools since most are not unionized. But, my stance is, “permanent interests, not permanent enemies.

The charters schools and charter lobby leaders that opposed me in 2010, tout the laws I passed when promoting charter schools.

My interests have always been ensuring that every child has equal access to a high quality education and that every parent has the right to choose the school that best fits the needs of their child.

I founded the New York City Parents Union in 2011.

Many asylum seekers from West African nations like Senegal and Mauritania have come to the city over the last three years an especially high need population that’s received limited institutional support.

Eliminating the test just to increase the number of unqualified, unprepared Black and Latino prospective teachers is the most racist and destructive action taken under the guise of diversifying NY’s teachers.

We brought charter and district parents together to fight for school funding, lifting of the cell phone ban in schools, against distributing Plan B birth control to students without parent permissions, and other issues.

The teachers’ union goes on to say, “Since their inception a century ago, standardized tests have been instruments of racism and a biased system,” and that “students of color, particularly those from low-income families.

I am proud of my work and legacy as founder and president of the New York Charter Parents Association.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mona Davids (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.