The truth the NYC Department of Education doesn’t want you to know
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels’ Department of Education can’t teach the kids, but still hopes to snow everyone ese. Just a week after the release of test scores showed that more than half of city 3rd- to 5th-graders can’t pass state reading tests, the DOE dared claim that 96% of city families are satisfied with their children’s education.
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Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels’ Department of Education can’t teach the kids, but still hopes to snow everyone ese. Just a week after the release of test scores showed that more than half of city 3rd- to 5th-graders can’t pass state reading tests, the DOE dared claim that 96% of city families are satisfied with their children’s education. The DOE’s pseudo-scientific School Survey — some principals dangle pizza parties to entice students and families to complete the online poll — touted more than 870,000 students, families and educators expressing “strong support” for embattled Chancellor Samuels. Samuels has yet to outline any plans to address falling enrollment, chronic absenteeism and soaring illiteracy.
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- Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels’ Department of Education can’t teach the kids, but still hopes to snow everyone ese. Just a week after the release of test scores showed that more than half of city 3rd- to 5th-graders can’t pass state reading tests, the DOE dared claim that 96% of city families are satisfied with their children’s education.
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The truth the NYC Department of Education doesn’t want you to know
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