#Letters to the Editor — March 15, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 15, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 15, 2021” The Issue: The shift of focus from the nursing-home scandal to Gov. Cuomo’s alleged harassment. All the sanctimonious outcry from the Democrats calling for Gov. ­Cuomo to step down due to the number of women who have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment seems like a…

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#The next step in woke-speak exposes movement’s true, bullying nature

#The next step in woke-speak exposes movement’s true, bullying nature

“#The next step in woke-speak exposes movement’s true, bullying nature” Manhattan’s elite Grace Church School recently issued a 12-page guide that takes the inevitable next step in rampant “wokeism:” To promote inclusion, the NoHo prep school is encouraging students to stop using the words “mom,” “dad” and even “parents.” This isn’t just hogwash, but something…

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#NYC school encourages kids to stop using words ‘mom’ ‘dad’

#NYC school encourages kids to stop using words ‘mom’ ‘dad’

“#NYC school encourages kids to stop using words ‘mom’ ‘dad’” A Manhattan private school aiming to use more “inclusive language” is encouraging its students to stop using the terms “mom,” “dad” and “parents” because the words make “assumptions” about kids’ home lives. The Grace Church School in NoHo — which offers academic courses for junior…

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#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post

#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post

“#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post” The head of diversity at the tony Dalton School — the Upper East Side bastion of privilege that’s been rocked by controversy recently over its heavy-handed “anti-racist” ideology — is out, school officials said. Domonic Rollins, the school’s director of DEI (“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”) is…

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#Amid the pandemic, exodus from America’s public schools

#Amid the pandemic, exodus from America’s public schools

“#Amid the pandemic, exodus from America’s public schools” Families are fleeing public schools across America — because those schools, especially union-dominated ones, have failed children so horribly in the face of the pandemic. Data collected from 33 states by Chalkbeat and The Associated Press shows that K-12 enrollment in public schools has dropped by over…

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#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

“#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard” The fight over school independence is set to flare once again. The state is reviving its plan to hold private-school curriculum to public-school standards. The New York State Education Department has announced a series of public meetings in the coming months as it develops a “substantial equivalency”…

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