Mother and education advocate Adriana Aviles speaks at her Douglaston home in Queens, New York on Oct. 28, 2026. Helayne Seidman for NY Post

The Issue: Education advocate Adriana Aviles’ anger at her son getting high grades but not learning basic math.

Adriana Aviles isn’t wrong in her complaint that New York City schools are a farce (“NY Schools’ Grade-A failure,” Nov. 1).

But it should’ve come as no surprise to this “fierce education advocate” that her own son was struggling.

How had she never noticed before?

She’d regarded the boy’s stellar grades and lack of negative feedback from his teachers as justification for ignoring his academic performance herself.

Does Aviles realize that her well-deserved tirade against the school system is as much a call for parental involvement as it is for educational reform?

Jeffrey Wilson

Ardsley

As a retired educator, I was heartbroken to read Aviles’ story.

There will never be improvements to our education system as long as Randi Weingarten is in charge of the all-powerful American Federation of Teachers.

Money per student keeps increasing, but learning is decreasing.

Alice Daly

Mahopac

I find Aviles’ story to be bizarre and unlikely.

She never once realized that New York City schools, which get negative press throughout the year, weren’t authentically educating her son, or that their attempts to do so were lacking in quality? She sounds out of touch.

Lonzie Hilton II

The Bronx

Inflating grades to make the school system look better is going to hurt students in the long run.

Many high school graduates from the New York City school system attend the colleges under the City University of New York umbrella.

As a former professor there, I had students who couldn’t read and write at a collegiate, or even high school, level.

If grade inflation continues at this rate, I feel sorry for my former colleagues at the CUNY.

James Johnson

Brooklyn

While I do not endorse the New York public school system, my question lies with Aviles, not the teachers.

Where was she when her son was doing homework?

The blame lies on her for very poor oversight of her child.

M. Falk

Monroe, NJ

Aviles learned her child can’t do basic math only a few weeks ago.

All these years and she never sat with him to check on his homework?

Never asked what he learned?

Why did she not question him?

It is not too late to turn things around for her son.

It will be hard work, which she must be a part of, but he is young.

Susan Cienfuegos

New Rochelle

The Issue: The dangers posed by e-bikes and e-scooters in Central Park and across the city.

A person tragically died when a horse carriage ride went bad, but dozens of deaths and injuries occur from e-bikes and scooters (“Park’s dangerous!” Nov. 2).

But, in the wisdom of the clueless City Council, the horse-carriage industry — which employed New Yorkers and brought in tourism — has to go.

In what world does this make sense?

Mayor Mamdani and the council need to hit the reset button on logic.

Lee Fleischman

Stamford, Conn.

The bike revolution that has overwhelmed New York’s streets and sidewalks has robbed the elderly and disabled of their safety while walking.

It’s not the job of the senior citizens to tell cyclists they can’t ride on park paths or sidewalks.

It is the job of local government to enforce existing laws that prohibit this and were designed to enhance public safety.

Why spend enormous amounts of taxpayer money on bike lanes only to have cyclists ride wherever they wish?

Edward Temple

Brooklyn

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