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Another Wave of Bad Publicity for Horace Mann

Horace Mann is in the news yet again: Horace Mann College Counselor Arrested for Revenge-Porn Threat Also a Harvard-Educated Tiger Woods Impersonator According to New York Magazine: As if his life weren’t colorful enough already, the man charged with getting kids into college at the elite, high-pressure prep school Horace Mann has been accused of misbehaving … Continue reading Another Wave of Bad Publicity for Horace Mann

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Wasn’t My Westchester House Supposed to Be in a Good School District?

More Westchester families are disturbed by local public school budget cutbacks.  Moms and dads are increasingly well educated about curriculum, and in some areas are protesting how math and other subjects are taught, or which classes or technology is offered in public schools.  Many Westchester families are fed up that they bought houses in what … Continue reading Wasn’t My Westchester House Supposed to Be in a Good School District?

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Private School News Now Makes New York Times, Gawker, New Yorker etc.

Back when I attended Hunter College High School, no major news journalist gave two cents about what happened there.  In fact, when I edited What's What, the school newspaper, I was confident that no sensible adult other than our faculty advisor and the principal would read the paper, let alone care what was in it.  … Continue reading Private School News Now Makes New York Times, Gawker, New Yorker etc.