Andrea
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educator + holder of opinions. personal account. fan of art, coffee & liberation. she/her #pedagogy #curriculum #PBL #linguistics #literacy حرر فلسطين
Joined July 2018
RT @Mondoweiss: THREAD: A senior ICE official just admitted under oath that the U.S. government used the far-right doxxing site Canary Mis….
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18 year old Saniyah Cheatham was found unresponsive at the 41st Precinct station house in Hunts Point, Bronx, where she was later pronounced deceased. Her family deserves answers.
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"Anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant bigotry is, of course, not a new feature of American politics. But how emboldened public figures clearly feel to make such brazen and openly racist statements seems to have reached a fever pitch.".
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Teachers are well aware of issues with their working conditions, pay, benefits, and professional autonomy, yet for years we’ve been told this is the best we can hope for. Now we have an opportunity for real & meaningful change. Let’s not waste it.
“Why can't we attract and retain teachers the way we used to? We know the answer: We’re forcing them to earn less & work longer. We’re telling them the bargain they made to work in public service & have the benefit of a public pension is being taken away.” - @ZohranKMamdani
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I invite anyone opposed to democratic socialist policies to explain exactly which one of these is a problem and why
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Okayye so you got your Italian-American “outrage” but then you got your Paesans for Mamdani . Guess who there’s more of ✊🇮🇹
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Regardless of what stereotypes we hold about unions, there is no denying their impact & influence on the daily lives of regular New Yorkers. @UFT is a key player in NYC politics and this endorsement is hugely significant.
We tend to think of unions as just white dudes in hard hats with thick accents, but education is one of the most unionized professions, if not the most. We just dismiss it because we think women's jobs aren't "real union jobs." Zohran getting their backing is big.
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This is HUGE. @ZohranKMamdani stands for so much of what teachers want: fair pay, workers’ rights, affordable quality healthcare & childcare, anti-fascist, equitable policies that support our communities…and it’s starting to feel like we can actually get some of these things.
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RT @Mondoweiss: 🚨 HUGE: The largest teachers union in the U.S. just dropped the ADL. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights….
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RT @soledadobrien: This last sentence is a joke and this is an absolute embarrassment for you and for the @nytimes. As the person in charge….
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New York City we deserve so much better than this.
Eric Adams after campaign kickoff calls his Democratic rival, Zohran Mamdani, “an antisemite” who, he says, has embraced Hamas. “Those who are Jewish should be concerned.”
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While teaching literacy well is still a challenge we're collectively working through, we need to be very cautious about accepting narratives of "success stories" and “failing” schools.
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RT @unionistsaa: Please take a moment to read. Everyone is talking about “alligator Alcatraz” but we should all also know it has been built….
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I did it. I bought the mushroom coffee. Have no plan to quit coffee, my first love. But there seem to be some health benefits to this thing so I will give it a try.
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There is never a single reason test scores improve or decline. It certainly doesn’t vindicate a mandatory scripted curriculum that most teachers don’t even really use.
NYC elementary school reading scores on “screeners” increased by 2.5 points over a year which Weisberg attributes to mandated reading program. But elem math scores rose by 3.2 points though there is no mandated math program
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This paragraph in particular: . Education is about so much more than the systematic transmission of facts & procedures from teacher to student.
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Interesting read on classroom design & subsequent instruction from 2014.
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