IP: NY education

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 09:58:26 -0400
>To: Jean_Camp@harvard.edu
>From: Richard Jay Solomon <rsolomon@dsl.cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: NY education
>Cc: farber@cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
>
>>For the elite who make it to US schools, the education system for those 
>>foreign countries offers:
>>algebra in jr high
>>"advanced" calculus in high school
>>music in high school
>>decent foreign language instruction through school.
>
>The high school I went to, Bronx Science, offered all those -- indeed 
>required all those subjects of every graduate. So did 3 or 4 other public 
>high schools in NYC in my day. But we don't value such schools any more. 
>At my 40th high school reunion, a couple of billionaire alumni offered 
>their old school a huge endowment to raise salaries, buy equipment, etc., 
>but the NYC Board of Education said they cannot accept an endowment for 
>just one school, and certainly not to raise salaries(!) -- they would have 
>to donate the money to the NYC general fund (where it would vanish into 
>some corrupt project).
>
>The billionaires told the City to go to hell. So much for catering to the 
>brightest and best.
>
>Richard



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