Ask parents of school-aged children who have fled New York City why they did, and chances are they’ll point first to housing costs — then to poor public schools.

So far, the mayoral race has focused heavily on the former while neglecting the latter.

That’s a big problem: Every New Yorker — not just parents — has a stake in ensuring their tax dollars give the city’s kids a strong foundation, and give families a reason to stay put.

Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has said practically nothing about how he would run the city’s massive $41.2 billion Department of Education.

What he has said suggests that he’d put the interests of its teachers’ union — which endorsed him last month — above those of parents.

Start with charter schools, whose teachers are almost all non-unionized.

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