The simmering war on pronouns in NYC public schools
Teachers are requiring that students write without them, so they don’t lose points on state tests.
The aim of the language of Newspeak in George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” was to eliminate any words that could promote free thought. While I don’t want to be alarmist, a similar trend is emerging in New York City public schools at this very moment.
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It’s been free through World War I, World War II…” Added Bruce, “The Great Depression.” “The Great Depression,” she seconded. “Is our country poorer now? Where are all the people who through all those generations supported this kind of unique education?
Launching Sept. 7.
Eva Moskowitz, the famously combative charter-school champion and former city councilmember who is now C.E.O. of the Success Charter Network, is making a play for Brownstone New York.
The struggle for P.S. 84: After a battle between white and Latino parents, signs of hope for a public school in rapidly changing Williamsburg
How P.S. 84 became a cautionary tale about gentrification and displacement, the challenges of integrating disparate cultures, and what can happen when well-meaning activism goes awry.
