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“‘Expert’ idiocy on teaching kids to read is beyond comprehension” Every teacher of struggling readers has experienced the moment when a student says, “I read it, but I didn’t get it.” It can be a bewildering experience. Why don’t they get it? For several decades, elementary schools in New York City and across the country…
“Letters to the Editor — June 1, 2022” The Issue: The slow response of local police to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which killed 21. Uvalde Schools District Police Chief Peter Arredondo is not the only one to blame for the lengthy delay in neutralizing the shooter who brutally slaughtered 21 people in Texas, including…
“Progressive policy experiments hurt the people they claim to help” It’s astonishing how regularly progressive “innovations,” especially in the name of equity, end up doing serious damage to already vulnerable groups. Take crime. In New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and elsewhere progressive DA’s and other electeds made sweeping “reforms” these past few years:…
“NYC teachers, students wear black after Texas school shooting” Teachers and students at New York City’s public schools wore black Friday in memory of the Texas elementary school shooting victims. For many participants across the five boroughs, the dangers of gun violence felt all too familiar, as they called for stronger school safety measures and…
“NYC kids need real books, not woke BS” Anastasia Higginbotham, a white Brooklynite children’s book author, knows what New York City kids need to learn. Not math or English or science. Nope: They need lessons on racism. And queerness. And liberation. All are themes in her “What You Don’t Know” — a book that has…
“NYC public schools to introduce curriculum on Asian Americans” New York City public schools introduced a push on Thursday “designed to center the experiences and voices” of Asian American and Pacific Islander families in classrooms, education officials said. The curriculum — which will be piloted as shorter units across all grades this fall — will…
“NY Regents on a slow march to zero graduation standards” Once again, the state Board of Regents is using the pandemic as an excuse for lowering high-school graduation requirements: letting students more easily appeal failing scores on Regents exams through the end of this school year. Seniors must score a 65 or higher to pass…
“Letters to the Editor — May 22, 2022” Subway shynessSo Mayor Adams wants CEOs of major companies to ride the subways to let their employees know that the city is back (“Mayor to CEOs: Hey, let’s get rail!” May 18). The only way to get people back to New York City and back to work…
“Texas high school senior prank causes thousands in damages” An originally sanctioned senior prank at a Texas high school took a destructive turn this week, causing thousands of dollars in damages and forcing the school to cancel classes for the remainder of the academic year. The approved prank was organized by a small group of…
“Eric Adams makes new appointment to Panel for Educational Policy” Five months into his administration, Mayor Eric Adams has made his last appointment to the city’s Panel for Educational Policy, with the potential to shift the balance of the advisory body once more to City Hall. Adams on Wednesday tapped Kyle Kimball, a public school…