Chris O’Sullivan
@MrOSullivanMath
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High School Math and Special Education Teacher - Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Global 10, US History, Living Evt - mtbos #iteachmath #NYCDOE
New York, USA
Joined November 2017
New: Another investigation of a high-ranking NYC official puts a cloud over FDNY.
nypost.com
Officials at the FDNY claim EMS Chief Michael Fields is the subject of an "inquiry," but did not disclose what sparked the probe.
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In an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams, UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote, "Rather than support teachers as they help tens of thousands of immigrant children, you have made their jobs more difficult."
ca.news.yahoo.com
NEW YORK — New York City’s powerful teachers union on Wednesday accused Mayor Eric Adams of being “hostage” to the Trump administration over the expected dismissal of the mayor’s corruption case —...
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“We have a mess on our hands.”
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RT @SusanBEdelman: First deputy Mayor Sheena Wright is expect to resign as soon as today. Sources say Wright is unhappy with how her husban…
nypost.com
First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright resigned weeks after the feds raided her home — the latest high-level exit from Mayor Eric Adams' increasingly troubled administration.
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In a statement circulated not by the DOE but by a public relations firm, Schools Chancellor David Banks says the mayor made the decision to speed u Banks' departure:
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Schools Chancellor David Banks acknowledged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized his cell phones last week — one of several raids conducted by the FBI at the homes of officials in the Adams administration. “The FBI did, in fact, come to my home, and they took my
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A testy @DOEChancellor avoids questions about the FBI raid at the home he shares with his fiancé Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and the raid at the home of his brother Deputy Mayor Phil Banks - but says "if there's any other comments...it'll be happening tomorrow"
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New: NYC DOE gave teachers strict guidelines to implement the Illustrative Math curriculum coming to high schools and middle schools citywide this fall -- leaving them with virtually zero flexibility. The guidelines include a list of "DON'Ts" and "NEVER do"s.
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NEW: Queens superintendent reveals Algebra 1 Regents scores dropped 14% at schools that piloted the hated Illustrative Math curriculum. "We saw a decline across the city," she told parents. NYC DOE has refused to divulge the results. https://t.co/NJe3wNZAkb
nypost.com
All but one of the 29 Queens high schools under Josephine Van Ess' watch used the Illustrative Mathematics -- and saw their average pass rate plunge from 59% to 45%.
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A trend that, if it continues, would dramatically reshape NYC's school system. Here are @NYC_SCA's most recent school enrollment projections, which predict a PreK-12 population of 662,000 in 2032 -- a drop of 230,000 students in 10 years.
I wrote about the urban family exodus. America's biggest and richest cities are losing children at an alarming rate. From 2020 to 2023, the number of kids under 5 declined by - almost 20% in NYC - about 15% in LA, SF, Chicago, and St Louis - >10% in NoLA, Philly, Honolulu
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Randi Weingarten says teachers are ‘frustrated’ with NYC’s reading curriculum mandate https://t.co/1flRtE7wEO
chalkbeat.org
“It became much more about the performative aspects of saying the curriculum is being implemented as opposed to the real support that teachers need,” Weingarten said.
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The city Department of Education’s draft class-size implementation plan for the coming school year, which it released in May, includes $182 million for schools to reduce class sizes for the coming school year. This is good news.
uft.org
The push to ensure New York City implements the state class size law gained new momentum this spring after state lawmakers included a provision in the state budget requiring the city Department of...
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.@DOEChancellor says he's "tired" of the debate about segregation in specialized high schools. "It’s not a place and space that the mayor and I decided we wanted to lean into. That is why we have tried to build out other new, academically rigorous programs."
Just 10 Black students admitted to Stuyvesant, as officials trumpet modest diversity gains https://t.co/6H5Wn0XmYT
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.@DOEChancellor announces 75% of seats at ElRo, NYC Lab, Baruch, Museum School, Millennium, Clinton will be reserved for Manhattan students starting this admissions cycle.
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N.Y.C. Rent Board Sets Increases of 2.75% for One-Year Leases. Mayor Eric Adams defended the increases while Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, criticized them: "This will exacerbate our city’s existing crises of rising homelessness and evictions."
nytimes.com
The city panel that oversees rents for one million stabilized apartments also backed increases of 5.25 percent for two-year leases.
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NEW: Labor leaders say Kathryn Garcia making potential NYC mayoral run rounds, but Garcia denies it
nydailynews.com
As it now stands, Adams could potentially face two challengers in the Democratic primary next year — former city Comptroller Scott Stringer, who also ran a failed campaign for mayor in 2021, …
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We need the outreach teams again!
How is Adams going to give a 3-k seat to “every family who wants one” after disbanding the city’s outreach teams 🤨
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Healthcare and other workers need tenant protection in New York State now!
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On the subject of mayoral control... #nybudget
Mayoral control in NYC is harmful to our students and needs to be revamped now. #RevampMayoralControl
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