If the state and city departments of education can't avoid forcing kids to take four standardized tests a year because they can't align their calendars, they shouldn't be in the business of public education,

This is tremendously disappointing, ... The reason they were prohibited from offering supplemental education is because they've demonstrated failure. So now they're going to somehow magically be really excellent in tutoring? Explain that to me. On what possible educational grounds should they be given a waiver?

Science education is the foundation of our global economy, yet it has been treated with second-class status for decades,

If the kids came to me and said, 'I want to take a book home,' that's heaven to me.

In New York City, science is treated like a second-class subject.

It all adds up. If you're talking about a $1 difference and you're talking about a million books, that's a million dollars.