NYC Educator: Act of God? Contract? Forget it, Says Walcott

NYC Educator: Act of God? Contract? Forget it, Says Walcott:

Act of God? Contract? Forget it, Says Walcott

by NYC Educator

NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott will not let natural disasters deter him from his mission. Kids must sit in school as long and as much as possible. Living through a disastrous hurricane never taught anyone anything, he reasons, and kids must make up the time they'd have spent preparing for standardized tests. After all, the more time they spent in school, the more circles will be correct, and the more likely it will be that his boss, Michael Bloomberg, will have achieved his divine mission to get those circles in the right places.

And that is the only thing that matters. If the circles are wrong, they can close schools. They can exil