#Teachers

It’s August 3 and the @UFT hasn’t surveyed NYC teachers on our comfortability going back into our schools/classrooms. What gives? Also where is our @NYCSchools 20-21 school year calendar? I’m
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The only reason any of us cringe at "ebonics" is bc we grew up with news media telling us it was bad after the Oakland controversy. A short history thread.
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Lessons from Summer CampThis summer I had the opportunity to teach students in a camp. I taught the same camp last year in person and had to make the switch
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Yeah, a lot of students assume a fundamentally antagonistic relationship with their teachers - that we’re looking for any hint of laxity, any excuse to lower their grades. Honestly, why?https://twitter.com/heathertday/status/1249503272639107076
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I receive private messages all the time from #teachers, #advocates, and #parents who follow my page or have read my books, but this is a first! It was such
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Mathematical Anxiety:It is 'The panic, helpless, paralysis and mental disorganisation that arises among some people when they are required to solve a mathematical problem.' This is a very real anxiety
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I worked with someone for two years who consistently spelled my name wrong. It rubs me the wrong way for several reasons:1. It was in my signature block.2. I told
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Every person I've met who's made a big deal out of this was of nominally average ability in a public school system with laughably low expectations for what constitutes "gifted"
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This morning I was delighted to be on @BBCRadioScot to discuss what lockdown may mean for education inequality in Scotland #GMSYou can listen to the full five minutes here -
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This educational "lost generation" narrative is becoming more and more irritating. It is untrue and unhelpful. If I were a parent of school age children (mine are grown up) this
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Me: am I not worth to loveSomeone new: Salam perkenalan...Me: Me: I just want to be appreciated & treated right Someone new: Awak dah ada rumah kan? Senang lah nanti
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With the conclusion of the Red Sox investigation, I have a few questions:Are fans going to boo the Red Sox like they did the Astros?Are pitchers going to bean Red
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(1/8) Unpopular opinion: Hybrid learning model is extremely manageable and so beneficial. In a normal year, we are planning for each and every day. In a hybrid model, you are
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i’m boring but like pls 1. i bought my dream car today 2. i have 6 cats and 2 dogs 3. i used to sell drugs in middle school 4.
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PRESS STATEMENT From NYCCEJ Parents Parent Reaction to Another Delay to School Reopening@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor @NYCSchools @ABC7NY @News12BK @ChalkbeatNY @elizashapiro @eldiariony @NYDailyNews #ReopeningSchools #Education4Liberation #safe
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Females can't be fatshamed, but can fatshame men Females can make false rape accusations with no consequence while it ruins a man's life Males are treated as ''defective girls'' and
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