The Week's contest: Education error

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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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RESULTS:

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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  

THIRD PLACE: “Insuring Every Student Sucks Seeds”

Bill Battistone, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“Who Moved My Potatoe? (Forward by Dan Quail)”

Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia 

“Make Our Schools 1rd, Not 2st”

Diane Ross, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania 

“Bored of Education”

Emy Berman, Brooklyn, New York

“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”

Pete Zimmer and Allison Wedell, Saint Paul, Minnesota 

“A Little Leaning Is a Dangerous Thing”

Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina 

“Make American Education Grate Again”

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 

“Spelcheck Ain’t Enuf”

Bruce Burr, Mountain Home, Arkansas 

“Blackboard Jingle”

LeBron Sims, Federal Way, Washington 

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