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Trump blowing it on drug costs

President Trump went back on his promise to have Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices as the most effective way to reduce prices.

Keep the admissions tests

Although well-intentioned, Mayor de Blasio’s proposal to make admissions to New York’s specialized high schools more equitable — by removing the SHSAT and replacing it with a new admissions process based on the students’ rank in their middle school...

Standardized testing fails

My oldest granddaughter was in 7th grade this year and the younger one was in 4th.

Remembering Charlie Sutera

I just read about the passing of Charles Sutera [June 7].

All in the name

Regarding “Colleague tells how Mark Janus benefits from a strong union” [June 7]: What does one expect from someone named Janus — as in two-faced god of Roman methology?

Sane ways to grant gun rights

I just read Steven D’Andrilli’s comment [June 7].

Union Proud

I’ve been a UFT member for 50 years.

Grateful for parental leave

Thank you for fighting for paid parental leave.

Windy City wisdom

“Testing is not the be-all and end-all.” That statement would not be surprising coming from a teacher who sees subject mastery in a student’s class performance and work portfolio or from a parent in the opt-out movement. Both know that a child is...

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