About Us
ABOUT US
What We Believe
NYS Allies for Public Education are parents, educators and community members who firmly believe in the power of public education and its fundamental link to the success of a thriving community and a transparent, democratic government.
We believe excessive testing and inappropriate sharing of private student data without parental consent threaten the future of our students, our schools, and our state.
While meaningful assessments are an essential component of a world-class education, the NYS Common Core (Next Generation Learning Standards) standardized assessments are aligned with unproven reforms neither supported by vigorous research nor vetted by educators and parents.
OUR MISSION
What We Stand For
NYS ALLIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION EXISTS TO ADDRESS MANY ISSUES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
ABOUT US
Our Steering Committee
Current Steering Committee Members
Carol Burris
Carol is the Executive Director of the Network for Public Education. Carol served as a school board member, middle school teacher, high school teacher, assistant principal, and high school principal for nearly thirty-five years in total in Long Island school districts. Carol is the Executive Director of the Network for Public Education. Carol served as…
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JEANETTE DEUTERMANN
Nassau County Long Island, parent of two public school children. Parent advocate. Founder of Long Island Opt Out, co-author of Opting Out – The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools.
AMY GROPP FORBES
Parent of 3 New York City public school children, parent advocate, and co-founder of NYC Opt Out.
EILEEN GRAHAM
Former Rochester public school parent and advocate. Founder of Black Student Leadership.
LEONIE HAIMSON
Founder and Executive Director of Class Size Matters and Co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. In 2014, she received the “Parent Voice” award from Parents Across America for her work defeating inBloom and protecting student privacy. In 2015, she was named one of the ten most influential people in education technology by Tech…
MICHAEL HYNES, ED.D
Long Island superintendent of Port Washington school district and father of 5 children. Public school education advocate. Served from 2016 to June 1, 2019 and continues to serve in an advisory capacity
JAKE JACOBS
NY BAT leader, lifelong professional artist, education blogger and reporter, and art teacher in New York City public schools. Jake is a father of two school-aged daughters.
MARLA KILFOYLE
Public school parent, National Board Certified Teacher, 30 years in the classroom, former Executive Director for BATs, Grassroots Liaison for Network for Public Education.
SHALA PASCUCCI
Parent of two children, ages 12 and 14. Cofounder of Kings Park Advocates of Education and board member of Smithtown Youth bureau.
LISA RUDLEY
Westchester County parent of three children; two still attend public schools and one at a SUNY university. Lisa is an advocate for children with special needs and serves as the Ossining School Board President. Co-author of Opting Out – The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools.
JANINE SOPP
Brooklyn parent of a high school freshman, parent advocate, co-founder of NYC Opt Out, ceramic artist and Director of Clay Space 1205
Fatima Geidi
Current NYC public school parent of two boys on the Lower East Side. She has served on District 1 diversity committee as well as been a member of the School Leadership Team at her son’s East Village public school.
Lisa Eggert Litvin
Attorney, Parent Advocate, with focus on regulatory process. Her work includes being a Consultant with NY’s Board of Regents, most recently working on the Graduation Measures Project, and has also served as President of the Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education, and Co-Chair of the NY Suburban Consortium for Public Education
Jamaal Bowman
Founding Bronx principal of CASA public middle school and parent. Prior, he was a guidance counselor, teacher, and Dean of Students at The High School of Art and Technology at the Martin Luther King Jr. Campus. Congressman-elect (District 16) 2021. Read inspiring words from Congressman-Elect, Jamaal Bowman
Naila Rosario
Public school parent, and the former President of the Community Education Council in District 15, representing the neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Boreum Hill, Park Slope, Gowanus, Sunset Park, and parts of Fort Greene. She is the President of NYC Kids PAC.
Former Steering Committee Members
DEBORAH ABRAMSON-BROOKS
Nassau County, Long Island, parent of one child. Public school advocate. Co-founder PW Advocates for Public Education; charter member National Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. Former Assistant District Attorney for Nassau County. Former Assistant Public Defender for Baltimore City. Served from 2015 to June 15, 2019
CHRIS CERRONE
Western New York parent of two public school children, twenty-two year veteran educator, and Board of Education Trustee for Springville-Griffith Institute School. Co-founder of WNY for Public Education. Served from 2013 to August, 2020.
JOHANNA GARCIA
Parent of three public school children. Parent and education advocate. President of CEC District 6. Co-founder of Dyslexia Plus in Public Schools. Executive Director at City College of New York. Former Chief of Staff to City Council Education Committee Chair, Robert Jackson. Served from 2016 to 2019.
KEVIN GLYNN
Long Island parent of children, ages 10 and 5 and teacher. Co-founder of Lace to the Top. Served from 2013 to 2018
KEMALA KARMEN
Co-founder of NYC Opt Out and the parent of two children who attend a public 6-12 school affiliated with the New York Performance Standards Consortium. She lives in Brooklyn and is deputy director of NYCpublic, a design-thinking community engagement consultancy, as well as a producer/writer for the production company Shoot4Education Served from 2016 to 2020.
JESSICA MCNAIR
Central New York parent of children two public school children, educator, advocate for children & public education. Founder of Opt Out CNY. Served from 2013 to 2017
KATIE ZAHEDI, PH.D
An administrator in the Mid-Hudson Valley and previously a teacher. She is the mother of 4 children who all attended New York public schools. Served from 2015 to 2018