Corporations Repent So Kids Ca...
Corporations are people too! There is a Leave it to Beaver ambiance in Board Rooms. Best kept secret. Worst joke. Corporations...
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Stuyvesant High School: Segreg...
The more things change, the less they change. Sometimes that can be consoling. But not when we are too distracted to realize what...
read moreA Huge System Pivots
Months after much of our Navy was wiped out at Pearl Harbor, we scored a great victory at sea. It was achieved by our massive...
read moreThe Runs: A Defining Moment?
Why are our market shelves clean out of toilet paper? Understandably people don’t want to be caught with their pants down...
read moreSchool For a Charter School Pr...
The seven-year-old charter school kid’s eye was smashed like a boxer’s whose championship fight had to be stopped because...
read moreEric Adam’s Proposed Non...
The “Nanny State” is a mixed bag. That phrase is usually used pejoratively to deride government’s role in...
read moreA Nurse In Every School!
Every New York City public school will soon have an on-site nurse. This was a neglected necessity long before the coronavirus. The...
read moreDOE Guidelines for Virus/Atten...
The Centers for Disease Control urges parents to keep their children home from school when they’re sick and the City is signing...
read moreClass Size: Fake Issue?
A few days ago I got whiplash. Not from slamming brakes when a Charger cut me off on the Expressway. I wore no lawyer-promoted...
read moreEducation Reformers of Maiden ...
A prominent online site for education-related stories unwittingly exemplified a major problem with how the media and much of the...
read moreLeap Year’s Black Histor...
Black History month is nearly over for this year. All the familiar homages to the usual heroes are being put into cold storage or on...
read moreChancellor Carranza’s Up...
Prince Harry wants it both ways and may get his wish. All he needs to do is bide his time. The prerogative of royalty can...
read moreDress Codes
So which is it: fluff, smoke and mirrors, a red herring or an urgent assertion of human rights? The latest topic bedevilling...
read moreTentative Principal’s Co...
Congratulations to the principals and assistant principals union on achieving a tentative new Contract with the City. If...
read moreAlleged Threats Against Chance...
In the wake of non-specific alleged threats targeting Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, which the Department of Education is...
read moreReader Blames NYSUT For Family...
The best performance I ever saw of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” featured a cast of student...
read moreThe Protecting the Right to Or...
One of the most pro-labor bills in decades was passed by the House of Representatives last week, but was instantly slapped down by...
read moreLollipops Will Stop The Violen...
Hank Schandel, the principal of MS158Q, has been much in the news in recent weeks. First, for suggesting students should decide for...
read moreBreaking Up Student Fights
When should teachers intervene to break up fights between students? After reading skewered accounts of instances when teachers...
read moreBloomberg in Iowa
The rules have been changed to allow former Mayor Bloomberg to participate in the next Democrat presidential debate. It came...
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