Julia, you are 100% right about it. Unfortunately, in local boards are local politicians set up the agendas, and in urban schools' systems, where the majority of the student population is from economicaly disadvantaged families, local politicians can do as they pleased. One of the examples can be Bloomberg-Klein duet, that ruined 8 generations of city students. And 4 more are comming! I have to deal with the 8th grade students that functionaly illiterate!

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