TEACHING LIFE'S LESSON OF SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS DIFFERENCES AS A COMMON CORE VALUE?
SETTING UP KIDS TO BE BULLIED ON BASIS OF ECONOMIC & ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY SCHOOL
New York public school kids whose parents cant afford $10 for carnival made to sit it out in dark auditorium while their classmates play within earshot
No party for the poor.
PS 120 in Flushing NY held a carnival for its students on Thursday, but kids whose parents did not pay $10 were forced to sit in the auditorium while their classmates had a blast. Close to 900 kids went to the Queens schoolyard affair, with pre-K-to-fifth-grade classes taking turns, each spending 45 minutes outside. The kids enjoyed inflatable slides, a bouncing room and a twirly teacup ride. They devoured popcorn and flavored ices. DJs blasted party tunes. But more than 100 disappointed kids were herded into the darkened auditorium to just sit or watch an old Disney movie while aides supervised the music, shouts and laughter outside still audible. Modal Trigger Kids whose parents weren't able to pay the $10 admissions fee sit out the carnival in the school's auditorium. The must-pay rule excluded some of the poorest kids at the elementary, where most parents are Chinese immigrant families crammed into apartments and "struggling to keep their heads above water"
The more affluent children at a New York City Public school in Queens called PS 120 attended a carnival on Thursday while the poor children were forced to sit in an auditorium.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3095146/Poor-New-York-public-school-kids-sit-carnival.html
SETTING UP KIDS TO BE BULLIED ON BASIS OF ECONOMIC & ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY SCHOOL
New York public school kids whose parents cant afford $10 for carnival made to sit it out in dark auditorium while their classmates play within earshot
No party for the poor.
PS 120 in Flushing NY held a carnival for its students on Thursday, but kids whose parents did not pay $10 were forced to sit in the auditorium while their classmates had a blast. Close to 900 kids went to the Queens schoolyard affair, with pre-K-to-fifth-grade classes taking turns, each spending 45 minutes outside. The kids enjoyed inflatable slides, a bouncing room and a twirly teacup ride. They devoured popcorn and flavored ices. DJs blasted party tunes. But more than 100 disappointed kids were herded into the darkened auditorium to just sit or watch an old Disney movie while aides supervised the music, shouts and laughter outside still audible. Modal Trigger Kids whose parents weren't able to pay the $10 admissions fee sit out the carnival in the school's auditorium. The must-pay rule excluded some of the poorest kids at the elementary, where most parents are Chinese immigrant families crammed into apartments and "struggling to keep their heads above water"
The more affluent children at a New York City Public school in Queens called PS 120 attended a carnival on Thursday while the poor children were forced to sit in an auditorium.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3095146/Poor-New-York-public-school-kids-sit-carnival.html