#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022” Mask hypocrisyThe Tonys should have been renamed “The Maskquerade” (“No sleep for Broadway stars,” June 14). The self-indulgent theater awards show featured the Broadway crowd having a rollicking great time honoring themselves without the burden of wearing masks. Try going to a show on the Great White…

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#Charters fight back against another federal assault

#Charters fight back against another federal assault

“Charters fight back against another federal assault” In a new low in Team Biden’s war on charter schools, the feds are trying to deny several New York City charters long-since-promised grant money, forcing them to go to court to get it released.  Four charter schools and networks are suing for nearly $1 million in remaining…

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#Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’

#Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’

“Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’” As a charter school leader in the South Bronx for the past decade, I’ve seen what happens when resources are forcibly removed from the “privileged” and given to the “unprivileged” in the pursuit of “equity” over “equality.” The problem with equity — defined as equal outcomes…

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#Texas teen wins 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

#Texas teen wins 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

“Texas teen wins 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee” A seven-letter word for a small aquatic bird stood between Texas teen Harini Logan and the title of National Spelling Bee champion.  Logan, 14, from San Antonio, won the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee and a $50,000 cash prize on Thursday in National Harbor, Maryland, after nailing…

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#Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

#Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

“Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased” The White House has announced the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges chain in what is the largest loan elimination in the Department of Education’s history. The sweeping move will erase a whopping $5.8 billion…

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#This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto

#This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto

“This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto” Mayor Eric Adams’ so-called “friends” in Albany are doing him, and the city’s schoolchildren, dirty with the Legislature’s proposal to grant him only a two-year renewal of mayoral control of city schools — with poison-pill strings attached. As we feared, this bill badly undermines mayoral control. It…

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