House Republicans will hold a hearing on Wednesday morning looking for the first time into accusations of antisemitism in elementary and secondary schools since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
District leaders from three politically liberal regions across the country — New York City, Berkeley, Calif., and Montgomery County, Md.
— are expected to testify before members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The House, which is controlled by Republicans, has already held two contentious hearings on antisemitism in higher education, which helped lead to the toppling of Claudine Gay, Harvard’s president, and M. Elizabeth Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania.
But the district leaders — David Banks, chancellor of New York City schools; Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of Berkeley schools; and Karla Silvestre, the school board president in Montgomery County — face different issues than college leaders.
Persons:
—, Claudine Gay, Elizabeth Magill, David Banks, Enikia Ford Morthel, Karla Silvestre
Organizations:
Hamas, Education, Workforce, Republicans, University of Pennsylvania, New
Locations:
Israel, York City, Berkeley, Calif, Montgomery County, Md, New York City