#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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#NYC DOE baffles parents, bungles middle school admission offers

#NYC DOE baffles parents, bungles middle school admission offers

“#NYC DOE baffles parents, bungles middle school admission offers” The Department of Education launched city parents into yet another tailspin Thursday after mistakenly posting some middle school admission offers online, before abruptly removing them. Recipients said they were surprised to see the information appear in their parent portals — and were doubly taken aback when…

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#English exam fail is no laughing matter

#English exam fail is no laughing matter

“#English exam fail is no laughing matter” Many of the questions on the recent New York state English exam for grades 3-8 duplicated ones from old tests on a practice Web site, rendering the exams worthless. It’s a giveaway that the State Education Department’s mission is now to spread ignorance about how little children are…

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#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school

#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school

“#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school” As co-chair of the mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group, Maya Wiley advocated to end the city’s Gifted and Talented program, the specialized high-school exam and all admission “screens” — calling them racially discriminatory. “There should be no discriminatory admissions policies, period,” Wiley, the mayor’s former…

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#Special needs students face hazards in city school buildings, audit shows

#Special needs students face hazards in city school buildings, audit shows

“#Special needs students face hazards in city school buildings, audit shows” The city’s 26,000 special needs students are enrolled in schools buildings with hazardous and unsafe conditions — including peeling paint, disabled door alarms, cracked playground and a shortage of EpiPens, a scathing audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s audit…

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