#Attacking test-in schools is anti-Asian

#Attacking test-in schools is anti-Asian

“#Attacking test-in schools is anti-Asian” On Wednesday, a handful of students — including a couple of Brooklyn Tech kids — demonstrated against the specialized high school entrance exam in front of Stuyvesant HS in Lower Manhattan. Teens Take Charge, the group sponsoring the event, chose Stuyvesant as the venue because it is 70 percent Asian…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021” The Issue: Karol Markowicz’s column on the drive toward “equity,” not excellence, in public schools. Karol Markowicz’s column on eliminating Gifted & Talented courses highlighted the absurd thinking among school administrators (“Class Warfare,” PostOpinion, May 11). Administrators are looking to create equity in math instruction. NASA recently…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 7, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 7, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 7, 2021” The Issue: The city Department of Education’s move to substitute Indigenous People’s Day for Columbus Day. The New York City Department of Education’s initial decision to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day was a maladroit bit of revisionist pandering (“Erasing Columbus in the Dark,” Editorial, May…

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#Killing ‘Columbus’ in NYC — anonymously

#Killing ‘Columbus’ in NYC — anonymously

“#Killing ‘Columbus’ in NYC — anonymously” This is more than a needless slap at the Italian-American community: It’s a tribute to utterly absurd leftism, which mindlessly seeks to make Columbus the symbol of what it imagines to be evil Western civilization. If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends….

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#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021” The Issue: Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter’s call to eliminate admissions tests at elite schools. Seth Barron was exactly right — the test to enter elite high schools is not the culprit (“Wrong Culprit,” PostOpinion, May 1). The culprit is parents who do not make sure their children…

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