Jessica Campbell

Listener, learner, educator, writer, mother, English Education PhD student

[epicurious @epicurious]

Today we announced that Epicurious is cutting out beef. It won’t appear in new Epi recipes, articles, newsletters, or on social. This isn’t a vendetta against cows or people who eat them. It’s a shift about sustainability; not anti-beef but pro-planet. https://t.co/yQ8PrtChtE

[ACLU @ACLU]

While today’s verdict is a small win for police accountability and may help heal a grieving community, the systems that allowed George to be murdered — ripping him away from his family and the communities that loved him so much — remain fully intact.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Thank you @reemadamin for following up on the 2 case policy. Both my kids’ schools are currently closed because of it, and it is hard to find justification for it given everything we now know.

[Reema Amin @reemadamin]

I spoke to some epidemiologists and infectious disease experts about the city's so-called "two-case" rule for closing school buildings. They all said it's too conservative but also that closures shouldn't really be determined by a number: https://t.co/PJZCPvchGg

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Rumor going around the preK class is Covid is going to be over in ten days. That was a hard one to break.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust https://t.co/M4UokvqMPc

[Katie Porter @katieporterca]

Women. Accounted. For. All. The. Losses.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol.

We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

It’s almost as if the lack of preparation were deliberate...

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

What I can't get over is...how few people there are! Several hundred? A thousand. I mean it's crazy capitol police was not better prepared for this.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Every Republican who enabled this over the last four years better not be praised for clearing the minimal bar of speaking out against this attempted coup. It’s too late. Accountability matters.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Van, thank you for expressing the sorrow and relief that we all feel. My hope is that those who hoped for a different outcome will take a moment to empathize with the pain so many of us have felt over the past four years.

[Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya]

We looked at 60 districts around the country. Kindergarten enrollment is down an average of 16%. https://t.co/F5deaTTTQw

[Eliza Shapiro @elizashapiro]

Really alarming news - NYC’s test positivity rate is over 3 percent today - tripled in the last few days. If we are at over 3 percent for the next 7 days all public schools will automatically close. This is a big deal

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

BREAKING: NYC is moving to a staggered reopening schedule for in-person learning. Original start date for everyone was 9/21.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

That’s the frustration: The lack of foresight and anticipatory problem solving, the lack of communication, and the very real effects this has for teachers, families, and students.

[Christina Veiga @cveiga]

Obviously this is trying to solve a huge staffing problem. But the maddening thing is that DOE knew there was a staffing problem for a while now cause teachers and principals were basically screaming about it. And yet this gets handed down the night before school starts. 🤯

[Christina Veiga @cveiga]

School starts in like literally 10 hours and things are changing again. How much does it suck rn to be a principal trying to program your school, a teacher trying to planning your instruction, or a parent wondering who’s gonna teach your kids?

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Being a #NYCSchools parent right now feels an awful lot like being the guest of honor at a surprise party that you know is in the works but have no idea about any of the details...

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

The staffing problems are the result of the hybrid model, which the union agreed to. UFT also insisted that teachers shouldn't staff 2 learning experiences at once (virtually/in person). City can't double the teaching force, so what does UFT think the ideal scenario is?

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos are the worst possible people to lead our nation’s schools through this pandemic.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

This may be naive, but what exactly has been happening for the last several months? How was there not a backup plan in place to at least start remote learning on the 10th? As per NYT “most” students will not even have remote instruction until the 21st?

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

NEW: School year in NYC will not start for students on September 10. Will be delayed for a few days for teacher prep.

[Jessica Campbell @Jessicarobyn88]

Would really love to see a #NYCDOE calendar right about now.