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NYC Schools Chief: ‘Qataris Write the Check’
NYC schools chancellor David C. Banks testifies before Congress. (Photo via X)
But insists the Gulf state has ‘no impact on the curriculum.’
By Frannie Block
05.12.24 — International
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The Brooklyn teacher who put an anti-Israel map in her classroom bought it in Jerusalem with her own money, the NYC schools chief told members of Congress last week.

“That’s what she told us,” chancellor David C. Banks testified at a hearing into antisemitism in public schools Wednesday. “It was not part of the resources that came from the Qatari foundat…

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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
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