In NYC, 11th Graders Read The Three Little Pigs
New York is a city run by leftists in a state run by leftists in a country run by leftists. What better place to examine the state of education under liberal rule?
State officials uncovered astonishing evidence that city high school diplomas are worthless — a Manhattan classroom of 11th-graders reading “The Three Little Pigs,” The Post has learned.
The report from the state Education Department says the classic children’s fairy tale was just one of several ridiculously easy reading assignments uncovered at Landmark High School this year.
“‘The Three Little Pigs’ story was read round-robin style in a grade 11 classroom, which demonstrated limited student access in this class to grade-level text,” according to the department’s Office of Accountability.
Considering the mountains of money shoveled at public schools, they should have no problem getting access to grade-level text. They just wouldn’t be able to make any sense of it.
“In classes where students were observed reading challenging text, when asked to answer simple questions about the text, most either reread the words in the text or said they did not know,” the report says.
“The Three Little Pigs,” a mostly illustrated text, is, in fact, recommended at the city’s public schools — but for pupils who have just finished kindergarten.
Even The Three Little Pigs can be used to instill politically correct brainwashing:
“The purpose was to use a simple, well-known story to support understanding of bias in a college-level text,” Principal Caron Pinkus said in an email. “After this introduction exercise, students held a discussion about bias and point of view in the college-level texts they were reading.”
Students were encouraged to view the tale from the wolf’s point of view. Presumably the pigs were presented as greedy capitalists who don’t want to turn over the products of their hard work to the needy wolf.
The “college-level texts” referred to are likely to include the works of Dr. Seuss.
Meanwhile, a top priority among educrats is making sure that black kids are not punished for disrupting classrooms — because “racism” and “white privilege.” Reading comprehension will continue to deteriorate until control of education has been wrested away from liberals.
New York is a city run by leftists in a state run by leftists in a country run by leftists. What better place to examine the state of education under liberal rule?
State officials uncovered astonishing evidence that city high school diplomas are worthless — a Manhattan classroom of 11th-graders reading “The Three Little Pigs,” The Post has learned.
The report from the state Education Department says the classic children’s fairy tale was just one of several ridiculously easy reading assignments uncovered at Landmark High School this year.
“‘The Three Little Pigs’ story was read round-robin style in a grade 11 classroom, which demonstrated limited student access in this class to grade-level text,” according to the department’s Office of Accountability.
Considering the mountains of money shoveled at public schools, they should have no problem getting access to grade-level text. They just wouldn’t be able to make any sense of it.
“In classes where students were observed reading challenging text, when asked to answer simple questions about the text, most either reread the words in the text or said they did not know,” the report says.
“The Three Little Pigs,” a mostly illustrated text, is, in fact, recommended at the city’s public schools — but for pupils who have just finished kindergarten.
Even The Three Little Pigs can be used to instill politically correct brainwashing:
“The purpose was to use a simple, well-known story to support understanding of bias in a college-level text,” Principal Caron Pinkus said in an email. “After this introduction exercise, students held a discussion about bias and point of view in the college-level texts they were reading.”
Students were encouraged to view the tale from the wolf’s point of view. Presumably the pigs were presented as greedy capitalists who don’t want to turn over the products of their hard work to the needy wolf.
The “college-level texts” referred to are likely to include the works of Dr. Seuss.
Meanwhile, a top priority among educrats is making sure that black kids are not punished for disrupting classrooms — because “racism” and “white privilege.” Reading comprehension will continue to deteriorate until control of education has been wrested away from liberals.
