OTHER STORIES

• A bird’s-eye view

  Those of us who have been in this school system for a few years have become accustomed to the many different strange and silly passing fads that have at one time or another passed through our classrooms.

• Watching my school disintegrate, piece by piece

  Here's a firsthand view of life in a closing high school, through the eyes of a veteran guidance counselor.

• The DOE’s ‘accountability’ is absurd

  I sigh with exasperation when I read editorial pieces in newspapers which promote the concept of evaluating teachers based on the test scores of their students.

• Rewards for grades? Give them cell phones

  You know the feeling you get when you’re so excited you don’t know where to start with a bunch of things you want to say so you can’t even get your thoughts straight and you start to stutter and mumble? That’s how I felt when I read Mayor Bloomberg’s idea of paying school kids cold, hard cash, bucks and even sawbucks or Benjamin Franklins, for doing well on standardized tests.

• School choice isn’t enough

  Recent developments in both public and Catholic schools suggest that markets in education may not be a panacea—and that we should reexamine the direction of school reform.

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