Park Slope Families Accuse DOE Of 'Red-Baiting' As Principal Probe Escalates More than a hundred parents, teachers and students gathered on the steps of Department of Education headquarters on Chambers Street Wednesday to accuse the DOE of violating student and teacher rights in an escalating investigation into longtime Park Slope Collegiate Principal Jill Bloomberg. Bloomberg, a vocal critic of school segregation, is under Department of Investigation scrutiny for alleged communist organizing, according to a lawsuit she filed earlier this spring. Her supporters held signs that read "Integrate, don't red bait!" and "Fariña = McCarthy," likening DOE Chancellor Carmen Fariña to the former US Senator who destroyed numerous careers with a demagogic ... Continue reading... http://gothamist.com/2017/06/01/park_slope_principal_red_bait.php
