Kids from rich and poor districts compete against each other in a high-stakes game designed to reinforce a rigid class system. The plot to Suzanne Collins’ smash hit The Hunger Games, or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new scheme for $200 million in “competitive school grants”? Children apparently do not feel sufficiently pressured by the current battery of standardized tests, [...]
Editorial: Andrew Cuomo Wants Your Child To Compete In The Hunger Games
Kids from rich and poor districts compete against each other in a high-stakes game designed to reinforce a rigid class system. The plot to Suzanne Collins’ smash hit The Hunger Games, or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new scheme for $200 million in “competitive school grants”? Children apparently do not feel sufficiently pressured by the current battery of standardized tests, [...]
