Letter From New York City

er, following the strike, tests showed thatrntheir performance had actually deteriorated.rnSoon thereafter, the practice of socialrnpromotion and race-based hiring tookrnhold in the city's schools. As school performancernplummeted, ever more dollopsrnof racial self-esteem were demanded. Illiteratesrngraduated from high school, andrncontinued on to the City University ofrnNew York . . .