Pols, teachers unions aim to scrap tests to hide huge learning loss
Parents were right all along — kids need to be in school to learn. The learning loss resulting from the longest public-school closures imposed on blue-state kids in urban districts…
Biden is not a king — if he wants to pay student loans, he needs Congress
The president of the United States is not a king. Joe Biden seems to have forgotten that. We used to teach our kids that the Constitution separates powers between Congress,…
NYC educrats shut out parents, even on Community Education Councils
I recently listened to our school’s sex educator proudly exclaim that she teaches her entire puberty course without saying “boy or girl, man or woman once” because she was committed…
Amid enrollment drop, NYC Chancellor David Banks must fight for excellence
“Good” news: Chronic absenteeism in the city’s regular public schools is down from the staggering 40% that The Post’s Susan Edelman revealed in April. Bad news: It’s still over 30%.…
One small fix for NYC’s cruel lottery for kindergarten assignments
New York City parents of pre-K students will apply for kindergarten seats in less than a month — and that means crossing your fingers that your kid gets assigned a…
Letters to the Editor — Nov. 23, 2022
The Issue: A Brooklyn high school teaching its juniors lessons on “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.“ New York City’s public schools have sadly devolved into a union of overpaid sycophants…
Award for pro-mask, pro-lockdown?! NYC teacher has a lot to learn
Bashing the parents of the students you teach, especially those who fought to get kids back into your classroom and freed from irrational and harmful totems like face masks, is…
As simple as ABC, Chancellor David Banks is right on the point
The elite educrats of New York City — and, really, the country — have lost their minds. Exhibit A: Their reaction to Schools Chancellor David Banks speaking common sense. Banks…
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 16, 2022
Fretting over Fett This issue with the competency of John Fetterman in Pennsylvania highlights what is wrong in American government (“Struggle to speak and understand,” Oct. 12). Medical or mental…
NYC moves away from de Blasio’s unfair high-school-admission scheme — but not far enough
Kudos to Schools Chancellor David Banks for telling kids and parents: “We do believe in high standards.” Good grades and hard work will matter again under the city’s new high…