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Close the school, blame the victims
- 05-11-2011
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Guest blog by Mark Phillips/Washington Post
Jamaica High School, a beautiful school on a grassy hilltop in Queens, is one of New York City’s Public Schools slated for closing. There have been pleas and protests. But the statistics aren’t good, and the lethal combination of fiscal starvation and test score veneration have convinced the powers that be that the school should be closed. Why should I care? I have enough problems to focus on in the schools of Marin County, California, where I now live. But as a graduate of Jamaica High (Class of 1955) its closing saddens me. More importantly, as an educator, its closing infuriates me. It is a perfect example of the myopic mentality that is governing much of public education in this country today. (more...)
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