The basic American tenet of public schools supported by taxpayers for the common good is being left behind in a selfish bid by private schools for no-strings-attached public help.
David C. Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law & Policy at Brooklyn College and The City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of American Public Education Law, among other works.
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CHURCH AND STATE
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OVERDUE
Start with district lines, financing, teacher assignments and student tracking. Then curriculum reform, special ed referrals, discipline and teacher and administrator expectations.
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FRACTURED
The war is playing out in our backyards and bake sales.
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NEW COKE
The new index, intended to distract from the scandalous news about buying and selling test scores, will itself benefit well-off gentrifiers in less well-off census tracts.
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EMOTIONAL EDUCATION
Students have had to fight for their right to party after administrators tried to control their behavior away from the school.