‘Media Coverage’ Archives
Former SWS Principal Ling Ling Chou to Join Lawsuit Against DoE
At the 12/13 court hearing, Judge Holwell granted our motion to allow Ling Ling Chou to join parents and students in the lawsuit against the DoE. This is significant because the judge (and possibly jury) will now be able to hear and consider all the evidence of DoE's actions that affected not only the parents but also Ms. Chou. The next court [...]
The Villager: Special commissioner clears L.E.S. school of theft
Excerpt: "Parents and administrators of the Lower East Side’s Shuang Wen School (P.S. 184) have been cleard of allegations of theft by the city, according to a report issued last week by the Department of Education’s Office of the Special Commissioner of Investigation." Read the full article in the Villager on the SCI report on Shuang Wen [...]
SWS News Round-up – 12/1/2011
Hot on the heels of SCI report exonerating Shuang Wen of the numerous financial allegations made against the school, a number of articles written: Gotham Schools - "Factions and Improprieties but no theft at Shuang Wen" Chinese Press: World Journal Sina Newspaper Sinovision Video Segment on SCI Report
DNA Info: “Shuang Wen School Investigation Reveals No Theft of Funds”
DNA Info reports on SCI investigation findings. Full article here.
In the News: CBS News Reports on Shuang Wen (VIDEO)
CBS News Cindy Hsu interviewed some SWS parents regarding the DoE investigation and the lawsuit that SWS parents have filed against the DoE.
Shuang Wen Ranked Highest Elementary/Middle School in Manhattan
The DoE's latest ranking of all elementary and middle schools ranks Shuang Wen as the top scoring elementary and middle school in Manhattan, and in the top ten of all public schools citywide. Rather than persecuting the SW community and subjecting it to endless, open-ended secretive investigations that have gone unfounded for several years, [...]
Breaking News – DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RETALIATES 教育部對雙文學生及家庭進行報復 (PICTURES)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RETALIATES AGAINST CHILDREN & FAMILIES MORNING AFTER JUDGE'S RULING 2-3 Men from DOE's Office of Special Investigations Break Locks Guarding Confidential Student Information at PS [...]
7/28 Court Hearing – News Round-up
Round-up of 7/28 Court Hearing news coverage in the Chinese press: Sinovision Video: Sinovision Video report World Journal article Singtao Article Epoch Times Article 1 Epoch Times article 2 English translation of Epoch Times article: (more...)
News – SWS Parents Confront Chancellor Walcott at 7/20 Meeting
About 100 SWS parents and supporters attended a meeting on 7/20 held by Chancellor Walcott. Several parents gave passionate pleas as to the wrongful treatment that the school and staff have endured at the hands of the DoE Office of Special Investigation (OSI), these pleas fell on deaf ears. Walcott's response was disappointingly aloof and cold, [...]
7/15 News Round-up
Recent articles in the Chinese press regarding the situation at Shaung Wen: Ming Pao 7/14 Article Sing Tao 7/14 Article World Journal 7/14 article
SWS News Round-up, 7/9/11
Video piece from New Tang Dynasty Television: 新唐人電視台 http://www.ntdtv.com LoDownNY: New Principal Named at Embattled Shuang Wen School DNAinfo: Shuang Wen Parents Threaten to Pull Students Over Principal's Firing Chinese Press: World Journal coverage of 7/7 Hearing, pt 1 World Journal coverage of 7/7 Hearing, [...]
NY Post: SWS Parents Rip DoE’s Abusive Investigatory Practices
Seventy Shuang Wen parents and supporters came to attend the July 7th hearing (adjorned to July 20th). The press was on hand to cover the hearing, and the NY Post interviewed some parents for this article. video via nypost.com:
7/5 Meeting – SWS Parents Sharply Rebuke Superintendent Phillips, DoE
The Shuang Wen community voiced loud and clear our dissatisfaction over the DoE's handling and treatment of Shuang Wen and Principal Ling Ling Chou at a meeting with District 1 Superintendent Danielle Phillips. Ms. Phillips seemed ill-prepared for the overwhelming outpouring of anger that the DoE's actions have triggered among the Shuang Wen [...]
DoE Harrassment of Shuang Wen Culminates in the Sacking of Principal
With no evidence or any public warning, the DoE "re-assigned" Principal Ling Ling Chou, one of the founders and chief architects of Shuang Wen's bi-lingual program. The DoE took action on the Friday before the July 4th holiday, hoping that no one would notice. Principal Ling Ling Chou was given 1 hour to gather her belongings, an abrupt removal [...]
Press Coverage – 6/27 Press Conference
Photos from the press conference: Links to press coverage of today's press conference: NYPost: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/shuang_wen_parents_claim_doe_discriminated_olwlUr3Hi9DOneAGRHR6vI DNA Info: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110627/lower-east-side-east-village/shuang-wen-school-parents-sue-doe World Journal: [...]
Press Release – SWS Parents, Fed Up with DOE’s Discrimination, File Federal Class Action Lawsuit
For Immediate Release, June 27, 2011 OUTRAGED PARENTS FILE FEDERAL CLASS ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND SECRETIVE, ABUSIVE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOE) PRACTICES Following the delivery of a second petition signed by over 700 parents, P.S. 184M parents form organization to challenge discrimination and announce suit against DOE, Dennis [...]