A 15-member education panel with nine appointed by Mayor Adams will decide whether the city should approve a $6.5 million contract Wednesday in which half will be paid to the foundation formerly led by schools Chancellor David Banks.
The no-bid contract to Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Eagle Academy Foundation will be up for approval by the Panel for Educational Policy at its first meeting under the Adams administration.
The two groups will split the $6.5 million “to develop a comprehensive K-12 Black Studies Curriculum that acknowledges the history and contributions of African Americans,” documents show.
It follows another $3.4 million contract to United Way of
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