Teens: Ax ed-panel boss in race flap

Eighteen current and former highschoolers in Manhattan’s District 2 are calling on the elected parent president of the Community Education Council to resign after she publicly criticized proposed guidelines meant to address systemic bias and create a more diverse curriculum.

The teens, some of whom are members of advocacy group Teens Take Charge, which has pushed to the city to integrate schools, said in a petition that council President Maud Maron, who’s running for City Council, is misrepresenting “culturally responsive education” and advancing her own political interests.

“Her language is based on some pretty racist and harmful ideas,” Coco Rhum, a 17-year-old graduate of District 2’s selective Beacon High School who co-wrote the petition, told the Daily News.

“She is using her elected position of power to promote her own opinions, not the interests of her diverse constituents,” students wrote in the petition.

In an emailed response to students that Maron shared with The News, she said, “The conversation around Culturally Responsive Education and the best means for closing New York’s achievement gap is an important one” and invited the teens to “an open dialogue.”

Maron previously accused the new guidelines of falsely pinning educational inequality on white privilege, and distracting from other educational priorities.

The teens first emailed Maron on July 25 asking for a public apology, telling her they’d release the petition Wednesday if they didn’t receive one.

The guidelines, a priority for Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, call on schools to use teaching techniques and materials relevant to students’ backgrounds.