January 11, 2013 | Posted At: 01:39 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Parents & Parenting , Technology Is Scary , The Business Of Education , Urban Ed
Pictures: The Injustice Of New York City's Cell Phone Trucks
"Why, they asked, are the students in more prosperous neighborhoods unofficially allowed to ignore the ban, as long as they aren’t caught? And why are the poor kids in the eighty-eight New York schools that have been equipped with metal detectors forced to spend five dollars a week—an expense that, for some, means going without food?" (NYROB: Why Are Poor Kids Paying for School Security?)