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@leoniehaimson @NYBATs @NYCMayor As far as I know, we didn’t get rejected. We have gotten smaller class size funds for 2 years. There are three grades where enrollment is lower and instead of keeping 4 classes under the cap, they are making three classes that will be over.

@leoniehaimson @NYBATs @NYCMayor Just had organization sheet released at my D21 elementary school… collapsing classes on three grades (going from 4 classes to 3) so classes will be getting bigger…we are moving in the wrong direction!

NYC class size "plan" released today- a huge disappointment & non-compliant with the law. All in all, it provides no assurances that @NYCMayor was serious about his pledge that he'd provide NYC kids with the smaller classes that they need & deserve. classsizematters.org/statement-on-t…

@MsSpillane @leoniehaimson I’m so tired of getting “professional development” from curriculum sales people

Nothing like sitting in an #HMH PD and being told teachers do not have the expertise to choose high quality texts AND that if there is a problem with students on laptops in the classroom it is because the teachers aren’t engaging enough.

@unusual_whales And if we ran them like you run Amazon, teachers would be peeing in water bottles behind our desks.

Jeff Bezos: "If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, packages would take 6 weeks to arrive, we would charge you a $100 delivery fee and when the package did finally arrive, it would have the wrong item in it."

@NYCMayor @CMAmandaFarias @CMShekarK @CMRitaJoseph @galeabrewer @DOEChancellor Support for teachers=more paperwork that does nothing to help students.

In the wealthiest city in the richest country on Earth, it is unacceptable that so many students have been left behind.  So we’re investing in what works: high-quality instruction, strong support for teachers, and a public school system that doesn’t give up on anyone. The $17.3 million expansion of NYC Reads & NYC Solves programs will help make sure every NYC student succeeds.

@NYCMayor @CMAmandaFarias @CMShekarK @CMRitaJoseph @galeabrewer @DOEChancellor I do not know one teacher that has been given the chance to provide input on curriculum choices. NYC Reads is NOT working. Why are people so far removed from the classroom, if they have ever been in one at all, making curriculum decisions?

@educatorsofnyc @DanielAlicea @EmblemHealth When should we expect a letter? I am definitely eligible! What do we do if we don’t get a letter? And why would we trust Emblem to determine who was eligible and notify them accordingly???

NYC workers were told to “reach out for help.” Instead, many found disconnected numbers, fake provider listings, endless voicemail boxes, and therapists who never actually took GHI/Emblem. Now city workers are receiving restitution letters from @EmblemHealth & NYS AG Letitia James @TishJames because they were forced to pay out-of-pocket for mental healthcare the system already promised them. This wasn’t the first time Emblem got caught either. And while workers struggled, NYC and the MLC turned mental health parity money into “savings.” Read and share: thewire.educators.nyc/p/they-turned-…

@benjamin_horne Sounds like your algorithm is filled with NYC transplants, from say, Cincinnati🧐

NYC is no longer a city, it is an algorithm. If you live in, say, Cincinnati, when you go to get ice cream with your friends, you really are just going to get ice cream with your friends. In NYC, this is not possible. You cannot just go to get ice cream, because, against your will, you are very self-consciously “someone who lives in NYC, going to get ice cream with their friends, in NYC.” You are never able to achieve full presence of mind because you are constantly placing yourself inside a chapter in some made up, schizophrenic and highly disorienting book. Put another way, as a New Yorker, you do not live in a city, but a massive, procedurally generated simulation of one. You are nothing more than a vapid unit of flesh and bone trapped since a Baudrillardian infinity mirror, where the references have their own references. You become more of a vague concept than a real person—some strange, soulless mix of ambition and violent/sexual impulses—and in your constant confusion you fail to ever become a true subject. You pay $17 for the ice cream cone. Then, you pull out your list of saved Instagram Reels which tell you where to get reservations for pasta later. When you arrive, you find yourself stuck in yet another long line, with people who look just like you. The longer you wait in lines like these, the harder it becomes to ever recover the soul of the person you were before you moved into your East Village studio.

@RepJackKimble Are there not real idiots in congress now??? And don’t you go to the private sector after making millions in insider trading, and getting a pension & healthcare for life???

Just a friendly warning. We don’t even make $200k per year in Congress despite working nearly 140 days. If we aren’t properly compensated, a lot of us will go to the private sector and you will be left with some real idiots in Congress.

@MorePerfectUS Indiana…this you? Your electric bills are high because you hate brown people, gay people & women. If you want government to work for you, you have to be ok with government working for EVERYONE!

Indiana residents are paying $600, $700, $800 a month in electric bills. Indiana is being hit with some of the biggest rate increases in the U.S. Data centers are driving up costs, BlackRock just bought one of the utilities, and people are demanding regulators step in.

@createcraig @PeoplesPlanNYC There’s a clear way to make them stop following you around. @GovKathyHochul

Gov. Kathy Hochul abruptly ended the press conference after a handful of 'Tax the Rich' activists interrupted the governor while taking questions. "My friends follow me everywhere," Hochul says as the few people chant "Tax the Rich."

@GovKathyHochul Yes I am…so will this law lower premiums? Will it cap how much insurance companies can raise our premiums each year? Because if it doesn’t do these things, no one cares.

Are you paying too much for car insurance? Well buckle up, because we've got a deal for you.

@karr_pe @teachbk Same micromanaging in my NYC school district…HMH is the WORST!!!

Our school district doesn't have time in the ELA curriculum for books and novels anymore. We use HMH now. Fast pacing chart monitored by district administration. Oh, you can still read books if you find the time. But there is no time.

The MSM will never report this. She Won: Florida Used a Fake County Vote Bank in the 2024 Election (With receipts) thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-flor…

@ChalkbeatNY What stage of capitalism is this?

How should parents, teachers, counselors, and high school students think about the costs and benefits of higher education? What explains the disconnect between the data and the vibes in higher education? RSVP: ckbe.at/4l4m0Ip

@ModestTeacher Normalize making your class more engaging

We have to normalize telling kids “no” when they ask to use the bathroom during class

@NightSkyToday @crushtheracists Patriarchy & White Supremacy

What is stopping humanity from living peacefully together?

@Gothamist Take it out of their pension funds not our tax dollars.

Of the more than 1,000 lawsuits resolved last year, 17 cost taxpayers more than a $1 million apiece, city data shows: gothamist.visitlink.me/H_ZZTD