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POWERFUL NY TIMES EDITORIAL!!!

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"It is an essential obligation of state government and foundational to life and liberty: New York requires children to go to school and to receive instruction in English and math and other basic skills that are necessary for participation in our democratic society."

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"A @nytimes investigation into the state’s Hasidic schools laid bare the extent of the crisis. About 50,000 boys are attending these... schools, operated by Hasidic communities in NYC... where there is hardly any instruction in English & math, & even less in science & civics."

"A benchmark for any government is how rigorously it protects its most vulnerable, and New York is failing this test for most of the 50,000 boys who attend Hasidic schools."
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"But the changes are inadequate. The new standards allow schools to continue to operate within state law if they show good faith efforts to improve, a vague measure that can allow failing schools to operate indefinitely."

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"The immediate crisis confronting the state is that dozens of Hasidic schools are operating in open defiance of state law, often barely offering classes in English. The state needs to establish a firm deadline for these schools to achieve compliance."

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"Elected officials have known about this crisis for years and have not dealt with it. Parents, former students and teachers have outlined a systematic denial of education, which they say is intended to prevent them from succeeding outside the Hasidic community."

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"Making sure that every child in New York has an adequate education is not only a moral obligation. It is necessary to allow those children to fully exercise their rights in our democracy."

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