Woke NYC schools are failing teachers and pupils because they have no discipline — this is why the UFT’s Michael Mulgrew must be stopped By Mike Dowd

However, under his watch schools are requiring less and less of pupils, to the point where attendance is essentially optional and almost everyone is handed a passing grade.

Voting is underway to elect the President of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City. Michael Mulgrew, who has held the position since 2009, is expecting he can sleepwalk into another term.
Brooklyn-based Social Studies teacher Mike Dowd writes why it’s time for a change and for basic discipline to be brought back.

• Officials love to brag about the 84% graduation rate for New York City public-school students.
• But if you thought that was an honest measure of how many kids are passing, I have bad news. High-school grading policies have become so corrupt, class credits have become almost meaningless...