A history of failed reform
This was written by Marc Epstein, who was a history teacher at Jamaica High School in Queens, N.Y., for the past 15 years, and a former dean of students. Since the “phasing out” of Jamaica began this year he is currently a member of the “absent teacher reserve,” along with about one half of the Jamaica faculty. They are assigned to different schools each week. His articles on school violence, curriculum, and testing, have appeared in Education Next, City Journal and a number of New York newspapers. He contributed to “A Consumer’s Guide To High School History Textbooks.” Epstein has a Ph.D in Japanese-American diplomatic history.
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