Chad Borseth
@MrBadChad
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students 1st, always 1st | public school teacher | union member | school choice supporter | i research teachers' unions | my tweets = my opinions
St Paul, MN
Joined March 2013
If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.
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Incredible stuff in London where the pre Islamic Republic flag has been hoisted over the embassy. 📹@GhorbaniiNiyak
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NEW: Harvard President Alan Garber said the University “went wrong” by allowing faculty activism in the classroom, arguing professors’ political views have chilled free speech and debate on campus. @EliseSpenner and @HugoChiassonn report. https://t.co/CsyA2gfQNK
thecrimson.com
Garber Faults Faculty Activism for Chilling Campus Debate and Free Speech | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Interview with me in the Telegraph. Victimhood culture is poisonous to kids from all backgrounds. It should be our number one enemy in schools. But too often, we embrace it. https://t.co/DteFlt3DVN
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In a blistering cri de coeur the UK’s ‘strictest headmistress’ warns how victim culture is destroying the life chances of our poorest pupils
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My favorite book of 2025. Fitting to post about it given the attention to the new mayor of New York City is bringing to this discussion. Highly recommend!
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The more I study Al Shanker, the clearer it becomes that his core values and vision for public education are exactly what’s absent from today’s labor movement. #unionism
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“High-stakes testing” once meant students paid the price for lack of progress. Today the system does. Understanding that shift matters… b/c the phrase is now a rhetorical devise used to discredit testing to avoid accountability… rather than describe who actually bears the
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Philanthropist Sigrid Rausing says her trust had to cut grants to organizations that mixed calls for social justice with apologies for October 7.
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Philanthropist Sigrid Rausing says her trust had to cut grants to organizations that mixed calls for social justice with apologies for October 7.
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As a Chicago native, a shutdown would be a more promising prospect than the cataclysmic policies of Mayor Brandon Johnson. https://t.co/fmT1HAJVeS Johnson and the teachers' unions have driven the city toward an economic meltdown.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson has long been as popular as Ebola in Chicago, a politician who has continued to spend wildly while virtually chasing businesses from the city. Johnson was brought to power wit…
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“This vote is about ensuring the district takes seriously the need to reach a fair contract that supports educators, stabilizes schools and puts students first,” the union said in a statement." Let me take a crack at improving their statement: This vote is about ensuring the
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Anoka-Hennepin teachers could strike in January as contract negotiations remain stalled.
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Proud of these kids and this school... although just a little impartial. https://t.co/UEV1byJkLa
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The lunchroom at Central High School in St. Paul is loud, filled with students talking across the table or waiting in line to buy hot chocolate at student group stands.
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Good grief... yet another organization branding itself as a parent-led movement while operating with the guidance and resources of professional advocacy groups. At some point, the matryoshka-doll structure of “grassroots” politics related to education n this state stops being
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That’s less than the $75 million budget shortfall Minneapolis faced this school year before making large cuts. Some parents are now fighting any talk of school closures.
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No one in the Jewish community I spoke to felt like this was a surprise. Many felt like this was an inevitability. Ever since October 7, the Jewish community in Australia has been drinking from a firehose of antisemitism. Daily occurrences of hate—an inexorable tide of evil we
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Highly recommend this book! I had no idea who Leland was before I started reading this book. There is a beauty in his writing... something I rarely recognize. The power of a father's love...
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https://t.co/QlPobSugbe "The evidence for union-related differences in student outcomes is mixed, but suggestive of insignificant or modestly negative union effects." The most important research that most teacher union activist are afraid to read.
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Statement on the Passing of Secretary Rod Paige I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Rod Paige, a trailblazing educator, proud Houstonian, and devoted public servant. From the classroom to the US Cabinet, he spent his life expanding opportunity for children and
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Math scores didn’t collapse overnight. They collapsed because we treated memorization as a sin and cluttered the curriculum with “strategies.” Reading got its science moment; math is overdue.
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