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Guest Commentator

Zahraa Abante-Hayes

Zahraa Abante-Hayes is a New York City public school teacher and multi-media artist. She is conducting ongoing research on educational, linguistic, and developmental issues that specifically affect Black children. Readers can contact her at [email protected].

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Guest Commentary

How New York City is Failing Black Kids

By Zahraa Abante-Hayes Guest Commentator

Under the guise of adhering to President George Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” policy, powerful and ruthless politicians and business entities are seeking to steal control of local school systems all over the country. The disturbing trend towards marrying education with business is sometimes overt and sometimes deviously disguised, as was the case when the…

Under the guise of adhering to President George Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” policy, powerful and ruthless politicians and business entities are seeking to steal control…

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