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The Miseducation of New York City’s Public School Children

Posted on November 10, 2015 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Last Sunday (11/01/2015) I read an interesting opinion piece in the Daily News, “Worms in the Apple: A observer of the New York City schools sees a system infected, over three decades, with two stubborn problems,” (one, a “retrograde teachers’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged "Worms in the Apple", Bank Street College of Education, Board of Education, Campaign for Knowledge, Carmen Farina, Christopher Columbus, City Journal, Columbia University's Teachers' College, Common Core State Standards, Daily News, Dead Poets Society, Diana Lam, E.D. Hirsch, Eurocentrism, Joel Klein, Lucy Calkins, Manhattan Institute, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mike Bloomberg, National Assessment of Educational Progress, New York City Public School System, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, progressive-education, PS 87, Sol Stern, UFT, United Federation of Teachers | 2 Comments
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