Parents at P.S. 67 in the Bronx are not happy that a high school is coming to the building. (Daily News)
Two Brooklyn parents describe their sons’ stress over state tests and call for change. (Daily News)
State Senate Republicans voted at the last minute to send funds to GOP-controlled school districts. (Post)
Michael Goodwin: The growing number of out-of-wedlock births is a big education problem. (Post)
Phone companies are not complying with a mandate to cut prices for poor school districts. (ProPublica)
Students in a Michigan town with many Muslim students threw an all-girl prom this year. (Times)
Two dozen high-performing Los Angeles schools want to go charter to get more money. (L.A. Times)
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How did Michael Goodwin get his article past the editors at the NY Post? Mark the date, May 2, 2012. An article in the NY Post about problems in education not caused by “Ineffective teachers, with bloated benefits, and their tenure protections.”
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Still, the ridiculous statement, “In theory, family structure has nothing to do with education.”, is still there so his reputation is not completely sullied.
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Forcing Special Education students into regular education classrooms is purely a financially motivated move by Bloomberg et.al. It also serves the secondary purpose of helping to lower general education teachers ratings based on student performance, thereby giving Bloomcott another bullet in their firing gun. Putting a Special education student in a “mainstream” situation only serves to emphasize the diference in performance levels, much like asking a one legged man to run a marathon in record time. His effort will be admirable, his performance may be noteworthy, but everyone will notice the differences. Just another facet of the Emperor’s New Clothes tale of the last decade.
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