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Recess, every child??s favorite subject, is slowly disappearing from American public schools. According to the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), over 40 percent of elementary schools have eliminated or are considering eliminating it. Administrators at these schools argue that impressionable children should be protected from overly competitive games and accidents that unstructured play can provoke. Of course, the implication, much of the time, is that the potential for lawsuits will also be minimized. While we sympathize with the pressures that have instigated this trend, we believe that it is ultimately harmful to the welfare of today?...
...compiled the storyline and characters of “No Child?? from almost ten years of experience working as a “teaching artist” in schools across New York City. The play follows Sun as she teaches a 10th grade class at the Bronx’s Malcolm X High School to read, analyze, and ultimately perform Timberlake Wertenbaker’s 1988 play “Our Country’s Good” over the course of a six-week theater workshop. Wertenbaker’s play tells the story of a group...
...tricks—one hilarious, overdone character after another—holds the audience captive for an impressive 65 minutes through sheer entertainment value alone. But as the title suggests, the play is intended to be more than a one-woman stand-up routine. “No Child?? fancies itself an account of both the failings of public education and the efforts to reform it through the No Child Left Behind...
...they usually come in the form of snappy one-liners (“I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no ‘No Child,’ no ‘who child,’ no ‘yes child??…I know there’s a hole in the ceiling; now who’s accountable for that?”) that end up making you nod your head in passive agreement, rather than urge you to think critically about the state of public...
...Child?? is primarily an entertaining commentary on contemporary schools. Although engaging, it falls just short of a compelling critique of federal education legislation...