New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, like so many others who call themselves “progressive,” is gung-ho to solve social problems. In fact, he is currently on a crusade to solve an educational problem that doesn’t exist, even though there are plenty of other educational problems that definitely do exist.
The non-existent
problem is the use of tests to determine who gets admitted to the city’s three
most outstanding public high schools — Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn
Tech. These admissions tests have been used for generations, and the students
in these schools have had spectacular achievements for generations.……. What is wrong with charter schools and with
elite high schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech? Despite
their educational achievements, they have political problems. The biggest political problem is that the
teachers’ unions don’t like them — and the teachers’ unions are the 800-pound
gorilla among the special interests in Bill de Blasio’s Democratic Party……. If
racism is the reason why there are so few blacks in Stuyvesant High School, why
were blacks a far higher proportion in Stuyvesant in earlier times, as far back
as 1938? Was there less racism in 1938? Was there less poverty among blacks in
1938?
We know that
there were far fewer black children raised in single-parent homes back then and
there was far less social degeneracy represented by things like gangsta rap. If
Mayor de Blasio wants to solve real problems, let him take these on......To Read More......
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