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76% DOE attendance today. That's highest since break, but marks the ninth straight day below 80%. In the five school years leading up to the pandemic, the longest streak of sub-80% attendance days was 3 (all during last week of school in June): https://t.co/T8TNovUFPi
Comptroller Stringer is unveiling a new audit of remote learning devices today. The audit found that 16,451 device requests went either unresolved or remained pending in the DOE's system. He says the DOE had no explanation for why.
NEW DATA ALERT! Children as young as 5 (FIVE) yrs old experienced police interactions in NYC schools so far in 2021:
we just received NYPD’s 1st quarter data on police in schools showing the NYPD has intervened 220 times this school year. (w/ schools at less than 30% capacity!)
Brief history of testing in NY
2021: ?
2020: No tests
2018: Move from 3 days of testing to 2 (not comparable)
2016: Tests are untimed (not comparable)
2015: 20% of students statewide opt out (muddying comparisons)
2013: Common Core tests begin, scores plummet (not comparable)
@Yazberryberet Don’t even get me started about the mismatched shapes either. You want me to get this wide ass chip to the bottom of that narrow ass jar? YEA OK. The mind games are next level
The rush to get back to normal is coming into conflict with many teachers, who want vaccines and airtight mitigation protocols before agreeing to return to schools. “Most parents of Black and Latinx students share their concerns,” @KeeangaYamahtta writes.
https://t.co/xxHuR41nbJ
Andrew Yang just said in a mayoral forum that gifted and talented classes are part of what is keeping some families in the public school system - sort of saying the quiet part loud
Middle school teachers are being asked to return to school buildings, many of whom have STILL NOT been able to secure a vaccine.
Guess why?
NOPE. Not to teach-- TO ADMINISTER THE #SHSAT.
There's so much wrong with this that I actually CAN'T.
Have we not learned anything?
.@CTULocal1 Locked out educators united w/ parents, comm. partners & friends of public ed for #carpicket. Action was in solidarity w/ educators exercising their right to safety, & putting their health, & health of their students & school communities, first. #SafeReturnOrNoReturn
The intention was to provide resources, images, videos, questions, etc. to help facilitate a conversation for wherever your students are at. @SSChatNetwork
For any teacher planning a lesson on the events in American politics over the last 24 hours, I put together these slides to help facilitate a discussion.
https://t.co/O2lgvEMpU5
Feel free to use or make them your own!
I am a teacher at MS 88.
UPDATE: My colleagues are hearing from Test & Trace for the FIRST TIME this morning-- 4 days since exposure in our school building, and 3 days since we were notified (from self-reporting and internal tracing.) 1/
https://t.co/E8J3gxIQSY @MOREcaucusUFT