At Ithaca High School, a school with over 100 Black students in attendance, there are zero Black teachers. In a video testimonial addressed to ICSD…
Posts tagged as “Editorial”
Board of Education, Students’ Trust Requires Transparency
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on March 2021
On November 22, 2020, Ms. Anjanette Brown, the ex-wife of superintendent Luvelle Brown, submitted more than 200 pages of emails, reports, and legal documents alleging…
Supporting Students Means Supporting Counselors
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2021
There are only eleven school counselors currently employed by the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), split between Ithaca High School, Boynton, DeWitt, and LACS. The…
Colleges, Pick the Right Answer: Go Test-Optional
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2021
“We are in this together. We hope to navigate these difficult times with you as you begin your college application journey,” Stanford University announced in…
Editorial: Pass/Fail Grading Gets an A
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2020
In the days leading up to June 5, 2020, hundreds of IHS students flooded SchoolTool to make an important choice that would reflect their academic…
Editorial: Teaching Black History at IHS Still Needs Work
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2020
This year our nation has faced a grand reckoning on the issue of racial inequality, and as a result, students from Ithaca City School District…
Editorial: ICSD’s Reopening: A Can of Worms?
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2020
Only one thing is certain: the 2020-2021 school year will be like no other. After a summer of planning by administrators, BoE members, teachers, and…
The Plight of the Mall
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2020
The Shops at Ithaca Mall is a wasteland: that much is apparent after taking even a short stroll through the local shopping center. Online shopping…
Editorial: The “Athlete Advantage” in College Admissions
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on November 2019
As many seniors can testify around this time of year, college admissions are a nerve-wracking and stress-inducing process. Every aspect of one’s high school career,…
Editorial: Is Test Taking the New Sport? The Written Assessments in Physical Education
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2019
Integrity, tenacity, ownership, and compassion: the four core values every student at IHS knows by heart because they are principles IHS strongly believes their students…
Editorial: Before Subtracting Tracking, ICSD Should Consider Their Order of Operations
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2019
This fall, ICSD is beginning the process of detracking middle school math, meaning that in 2020, all students in sixth and seventh grade will be…
Many members of the IHS community have seen social media posts that criticize and/or satirize members of IHS staff. But recently, the students responsible for…
Editorial: 2019 Capital Project
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on June 2019
In district elections on Tuesday, March 21, voters approved a $120 million bond known as the 2019 Capital Project, a long-term plan to improve facilities…
AP students at IHS are all too familiar with a routine that takes place in AP classes on the first day of school—many teachers begin…
Editorial: Including World Literature in English Classes
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2019
When you walk into an English class, you expect to learn about literature. You may even read some! When we think about “literature,” we have…
The Ithaca Teachers Association has been negotiating contracts with the district since December, and union representatives were not alone when they arrived for that first…
Editorial: Combatting Youth Violence
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2019
The 2018-19 school year has seen an unprecedented amount of shelter in place drills at IHS due to acts of violence. Seemingly, fights have both…
Editorial: How You Can Take Advantage of School Resources
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on December 2018
As college application deadlines approach, seniors scramble to finish their college essays. Many are turning to the Reading and Writing Lab for help. It may…
Editorial: Leveling the Student-Teacher Relationship
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on November 2018
In our contemporary schooling system, there exist inherent hierarchies. When students walk into classrooms, they generally expect that there will be one authority figure: the…
Editorial: PE in GPA
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on November 2018
When IHS Principal Jason Trumble announced at the September 25 Board of Education (BoE) meeting that PE classes would be counted in the calculation of…
Editorial: Put Down Your Phone – You Can Do It
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2018
As students entered classes on the first day of school, the normal pattern of ice-breakers, name-games, and explanations of course guidelines was accompanied by a…
Editorial: The Problem With Censorship
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2018
In September 2017, Harvard announced that alongside Donald Trump staffers Corey Lewandowski and Sean Spicer, Chelsea Manning would become a visiting fellow. Manning, who had…
As students busy themselves with homework, sports, and jobs, tests like the ACT and SAT can feel as if they’ve come out of nowhere. IHS…
Discussing race is undoubtedly difficult for many people, but however uncomfortable the subject matter may be, it is crucial in today’s world. Recently, student activists…
Editorial: Why We Should Learn about Political Theory At IHS
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2018
Students at IHS are lucky in many ways. Whereas many schools throughout the country try to avoid mentioning any political topics, many IHS teachers are…
Editorial: Keeping Our School Safe
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2018
The recent school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has sparked increased discussion throughout the nation regarding school safety. Following thirteen other school…
Editorial: Thank You, Administration
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2018
Typically, editorial pieces in school newspapers serve to criticize the administration, and in many ways, the Tattler editorial board lives up to this stereotype. However,…