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Bring back the Taliban.

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YESTERDAY, WE ATTENDED AN ANTI-VIOLENCE WORKSHOP FOR NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL TEACHERS. Being that the workshop is required for all 70,000 teachers in the largest school system in America, and being that workshops are run by the teachers union–perhaps the … Continue reading

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If Pigs Could Fly

Again, we gotta know why, after treating schools as dumping grounds for the students no one else wants, the Department of Education closes them–in effect, blaming the victims. Next fall, five failing high schools, including three in Brooklyn—Lafayette, South Shore, … Continue reading

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Can we avoid our local McDonald’s, too?

New York parents are so hungry to get their kids into good public schools, they bend residency rules with increasing blatancy, blaming crummy schools for their lawlessness. “My kids are entitled to the same education as a kid two subway … Continue reading

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Another Cell Phone Tragedy

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SO CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN FAILED TO STOP KIDS FROM USING CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS; NOW HE’S READY FOR PLAN B. The Post reports the new plan will allow students to check phones at the door, where they will be stored … Continue reading

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Brooklyn Tech: Prison Camp.

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Less than a year after the resignation of long-time principal Lee McCaskill, Brooklyn Technical High School has not lost the traits that make it the sorriest of the NYC Specialized High Schools. New principal Randy Asher has overseen a new … Continue reading

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