Power of Ten Update
In This Issue:
1. My Name is Pedro
2. Development in Ramapo Forcing Out Minorities
3. Moshe’s Story
1) My Name is Pedro
Pedro Santana came into our district for only a brief time, and yet his influence is still felt today in the hearts and minds of the many people who knew and loved him, more than six years after his death. Pedro was on a mission to make the world a better place. Pedro’s story has been immortalized in “My Name is Pedro“, a documentary that explores what public education meant to him – a ‘special ed’ child from the Bronx – and what he, in turn, meant to public education.
The film is now available for streaming online, and there will be a panel discussion online on September 24th at 8:30 pm
Details available at: My Name is Pedro
2) Development in Ramapo Forcing Out Minorities
A new blockbuster investigative report by The Journal News details how actions of the school board majority have contributed to an increasing pattern of housing segregation. Many school board members have been developers and speculators. Have their actions on the board enhanced the profitability of their businesses?
Black families leave struggling East Ramapo school district in search of better education
3) Moshe’s Story
In an opinion piece for USA Today, Monsey resident Moshe Lobel describes his struggle to overcome the educational neglect he experienced in his childhood.
We must end educational neglect in ultra-Orthodox schools. Here’s why: