New York public schools do not enforce discipline
Cover of The Blackboard Jungle: A Novel David Roemer writes: I was a teacher at three public high schools in New York City. Students got an excellent education at two (Edward R. Murrow and Midwood) and a poor education at one (Erasmus). The reason was that there is in NYC a two-tier system. At good [...]
“The students will not tolerate the teacher having power in the classroom”
This is a reply to a comment kindly left by OldAndrew of Scenes from the Battleground blog, which was a reply to this blog entry. I originally just replied to OldAndrew’s comment in a comment, but my reply got too long for a comment. if students object to the very idea of the teacher being [...]
