A Felliniesque education story
This was written by Marc Epstein, a history teacher at Jamaica High School in Queens, N.Y., for the past 15 years, and a former dean of students. His articles on school violence, curriculum, and testing, have appeared in Education Next, City Journal and a number of New York newspapers. He blogs for the Huffington Post, and he contributed to A Consumer's Guide To High School History Textbooks, edited by Diane Ravitch. Epstein earned a PhD in Japanese - American Diplomatic history. By Marc Epstein If you’ve taken a look at the newspapers lately and tried to make sense out of the debates swirling around public education, it might feel as if you’ve walked into the middle of a showing of Fellini’s Satyricon. If that’s the case, don’t be alarmed. You are witnessing a story that has no coherent beginning, middle, or end. It really doesn’t make sense. The New York