This week’s question: An Everett, Washington, school board candidate released a statement vowing to help create “quality leaming enviarments” overseen by “teaches and prants.” If this serial misspeller were to write a similarly error-riddled book about his vision for American education, what should it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Razing America’s Educational Standards”
Jennifer King Maggio, Galloway, New Jersey
SECOND PLACE: “No Child Less Behind”
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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Bill Battistone, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
“Make Our Schools 1rd, Not 2st”
Diane Ross, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
“Bored of Education”
“The Three Ares: A Nu Sillybus”
Phyllis Klein, Forest Hills, New York
“Alphabet Coup”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Hey ChatGPT, Write Me a Book on Eduaction”
“A Little Leaning Is a Dangerous Thing”
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
David Raff, Morristown, New Jersey
“Solving the Education Crisis in the Untied States”
Mark Rosen, New Paltz, New York
“The Futuer of Americas Pubic Schools”
Donald C. Yates, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
“Who Moved My Dikshunary?”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
“Tha Mind Is a Terrible Thing of Waste”
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Blackboard Jingle”
LeBron Sims, Federal Way, Washington
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