See the growing signs of an NYC public-school parents revolt

New York City public-school parents are starting to wake up to the truth — and they’re rightly furious.It seems to be the fruit of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ infamous essay about enrolling her daughter in struggling Brooklyn schools; even though she strove to blame the same old phony villains, she accidentally inspired other frustrated parents to speak out about their children’s severe academic setbacks, unresponsive administrators and a dysfunctional system.Veteran parent activist Adriana Aviles revealed to The Post her horror on discovering her straight-A son hadn’t even mastered basic algebra or fractions — exposing a total disconnect between inflated report cards and dismal state test scores.And writing for the Fordham Institute, mother-of-two Linda Quarles detailed the grim reality of Brooklyn schools crippled by chronic absenteeism, chaotic family instability, and abysmal academic performance.For many parents, COVID closures — engineered by the teachers unions — pulled back the curtain on a system in freefall.Aviles now joins the revolt against a Department of Education bureaucracy that masks complete academic failure and hands out bogus A’s and increasingly worthless diplomas.Manhattan Institute Fellow Danyela Egorov described the problem for The Post: “There are no consequences for poor performance,” so “school staff have no incentive to give a fair grade.”And the chronic absenteeism Quarles cites is the direct hangover of extended school lockdowns and useless Zoom classes.Parents are recognizing the disconnect between grades and proficiency on state tests — and demanding their power back from the school system.At MS 301 — attended by NHJ’s and Quarles’ daughters — 94% of students passed core courses despite only 17% demonstrating math proficiency and 18% demonstrating English proficiency on state exams.In 2022–23, 98% of NYC teachers were rated Effective or Highly Effective despite 43% of students attending schools where o...