I'm unclear what exactly the central premise is, because the claims are so broad and somewhat contradictory. I can get behind "schools are not set up to serve children well and policymakers don't care." But then there's all this other stuff...

I'm not frustrated at you at all! But I really don't perceive this as a comeback or a resurgence. It's a constant. And if we want to address it, we need to name it as such.

I think this is important because we need to grapple with the ways that "liberal" rhetorics have also invested deeply in blaming mothers - e.g. formula wars, choice systems for schools that are dependent on maternal labor, discourse around ADHD, honestly too many examples to name.

I am generally a big believer that two things can be true at once but I don't think it's possible to say things have always been bad AND that something bad is making a comeback, which implies a retreat. Getting worse, sure.

Sure, but I don't think "blame the mothers" even pretended to go away. No comeback, just always present, not even hidden.

Yes and also the blame-mothers-for-everything is a long-term feature, not a recent innovation.

My 9th grader is in the program at Queens and I have been SO IMPRESSED with how much they expect kids to do and how much support they offer to make sure kids actually succeed.

Yep, this is exactly the collective issue (and more individually, what your kid learns from watching others struggle in very predictable patterns). Other models exist but they are hard to find. Assuming this is for when you leave NYC???

I am so so sorry to be this person/ed researcher, but what do you mean by "option" here?

Definitely not pack. What do Buffy and Anne Rice say?

It sounds like you're already figuring out support but FWIW, I found 15 minutes reviewing Op Ed project materials way more productive than the actual workshops.