Dear Commons Community, A reading passage included this week in one of New York’s standardized English tests has become the talk of the eighth grade, with students walking around saying, “Pineapples don’t have sleeves,” as if it were the code … Continue reading →

Dear Commons Community, There is an interesting piece in the New York Times education website from John Albin, a parent of a school-age child and  the director of purchasing and contracts at Hunter College of the City University of New … Continue reading →

Dear Commons Community, Gail Collins comments on the privatization of public education in her New York Times column today.  Some of us have been discussing this for several years now.  After continuing the joke of the New York State Eight … Continue reading →