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High School and College

Adult Academies Alternative

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As is reasonably well known, older adolescents and adults who have not completed high school can obtain an equivalency diploma by passing the GED Tests (the Tests of General Educational Development).  A 2010 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau placed the number of adults in New York State without high

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Are NYC Public Schools Preparing Students for Success in College?

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Beyond the New GED Tests

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In 2010, the organization that had been responsible for the development of the GED Tests for more than half a century, the American Council on Education (ACE), announced that it had decided to terminate its work on the development of a new test series and, instead, would pursue the development

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CUNY START Talk

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I’d like to begin by thanking Mia Simon for inviting me to talk with you this morning.  I’m glad to be here.  There are a number of familiar faces in the room and I’m happy to be back among them.  My periodic returns to CUNY are almost always opportunities to

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Finally Doing Something about Specialized High Schools Admissions

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Catching Up With Texas and Finally Doing Something about Admissions to the Specialized High Schools The woefully small percentages of black and Hispanic students at the city’s specialized high schools is not a new development, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do something to change it.  Here’s my suggestion: the

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Remediation in Need of Re-Mediation

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On March 4th, The New York Times published a very distressing article on remediation at CUNY—it was distressing because the main concerns of the article were the financial and intellectual burden of students needing remediation, especially those needing a great deal of remediation, on the University.  It is not completely

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About

I have been a political activist for more than fifty years.  Soon after college, I began driving a taxi in New York City and became an active member of the Taxi Rank and File Coalition.  That experience profoundly shaped my views and I remain friends with many of my taxi comrades.

In 1978, I stopped driving and entered into education work–which I then did for more than thirty years–almost all of it at the City University of New York.  That also profoundly shaped my views.

At the same time, I continued my political activities–most importantly as an editor of Race Traitor, an editor of Insurgent Notes and part of the editorial group of Hard Crackers.

The writings collected here reflect all those experiences.  My intention is to regularly post new things that I’ve written.

However you found your way here, I hope that you find something of value.  I would really like hearing from you about your thoughts and reactions. Write me here.

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Race Traitor
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