#Letters to the Editor — June 5, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 5, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 5, 2022” Anti-Israel fervorI find it rather odd that of all the countries in the world, the budding law scholars and faculty of the City University of New York School of Law seem to always be focused on “alleged” civil-rights violations perpetrated by Israel (“CUNY Law Has an Anti-Israel…

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#How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools

#How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools

“How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools” In Randi Weingarten’s florid telling, far-right activists are resorting to unchecked propaganda and “Big Lies” to mislead parents, undermine trust in teachers and financially cripple public schools in hope of replacing them with a universal, unregulated voucher system. In a breathless essay for Time magazine,…

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#Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns

#Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns

“Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns” The head of an elite New Jersey prep school that has faced teacher backlash over its use of critical race theory has abruptly resigned, The Post has learned. Rodney De Jarnett, who led Dwight-Englewood School in Bergen County, stepped down “effective immediately” amid an investigation into conduct inconsistent…

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#NYC Collegiate School hikes tuition to cover COVID tests

#NYC Collegiate School hikes tuition to cover COVID tests

“#NYC Collegiate School hikes tuition to cover COVID tests” Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with ballooning student and staffer COVID testing costs, at least one elite city private schools is passing the bill on to parents. Collegiate School in Manhattan — which counts…

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#NYC private schools offer a rarefied environment for learning

#NYC private schools offer a rarefied environment for learning

“#NYC private schools offer a rarefied environment for learning” Many parents see New York City’s private schools as the finest institutions for a quality education. And this assumption is for good reason: Many graduates of these schools go on to achieve prestigious and lucrative careers, after gaining admission to some of the top universities in…

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#Elite NYC private school fires football coach over ‘culture’

#Elite NYC private school fires football coach over ‘culture’

“#Elite NYC private school fires football coach over ‘culture’” The headmaster at an elite Brooklyn private school “canceled” his varsity football coach because the successful athletic program supposedly generated a “toxic” culture, furious parents told The Post. Audrius Barzdukas, head of Poly Prep Country Day School, sacked Kevin Fountaine, who had worked at the Dyker…

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#Inside the sordid world of tutoring kids of NYC’s 1 percent

#Inside the sordid world of tutoring kids of NYC’s 1 percent

“#Inside the sordid world of tutoring kids of NYC’s 1 percent” Blythe Grossberg had been working with a 14-year-old student named Lily on a paper about “Romeo and Juliet.” Grossberg, a writing tutor and learning specialist, was satisfied with the completed assignment, in which Lily argued that 13-year-old Juliet should have married neither Romeo nor…

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