#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID

#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID

“#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID” Many Big Apple school kids returned to their classrooms Monday from the Christmas-New Year’s break to find something missing — their teachers. The latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left city schools struggling to operate amid mass staff shortages following the holiday — as parents…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2021” UFT’s Stringer pushThank you, United Federation of Teachers head Michael Mulgrew, for endorsing Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor and advising teachers to not rank candidates Eric Adams and Andrew Yang on their ballots (“Desperate UFT targets Eric & Yang,” June 2). I think you’ve helped me and…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021” Classroom truthExcellent editorial, “Mulgrew’s New Lies,” which was spot on (May 20). As a substitute teacher at a New Jersey high school, I recently supervised classes approximately two-thirds full while the remaining third was taught virtually via Zoom. This procedure gives the options for parents to decide,…

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#Iron Dome lunacy, the NYT’s data fail and more

#Iron Dome lunacy, the NYT’s data fail and more

“#Iron Dome lunacy, the NYT’s data fail and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions: This ‘analysis’: The Washington Post’s Iron Dome argument defies logic.NY Post composite We say: Try to follow the logic here: Author Yigal Levy seems to argue  that Israel’s Iron Dome, which destroys 90 percent of Hamas’ rockets, saving countless…

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#Teachers union backs Corey Johnson for comptroller

#Teachers union backs Corey Johnson for comptroller

“#Teachers union backs Corey Johnson for comptroller” The teachers’ union endorsed Council Speaker Corey Johnson for city comptroller. United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew on Wednesday said, “In particular, our committees noted Corey Johnson’s longtime support of public education and his ability to make city government work on behalf of working families.” Johnson, the…

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#Stringer disgraced himself by accepting NYC teachers union’s push

#Stringer disgraced himself by accepting NYC teachers union’s push

“#Stringer disgraced himself by accepting NYC teachers union’s push” The United Federation of Teachers, which has radiated contempt for New York City’s school kids throughout the pandemic, just endorsed city Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor. Stringer, all smiles, accepted. Does it get any more cynical than that? Any more transactional? Any more shameful? For more than…

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#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school

#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school

“#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school” It’s past time for Mayor Bill de Blasio to reopen all public schools, full time, shut down hybrid learning and end remote instruction. Period.   Instead, all he’s done is give parents one last chance to opt-in to in-person classes —because that’s the most United Federation…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021” The Issue: City schools’ use of quotes from Joanne Chesimard in a “Black Lives Matter at School” week. A cop-killer is being honored by Black Lives Matter in our city schools (“Teaching hatred,” Feb. 4). Joanne Chesimard is a convicted murderer and nothing else. She murdered a…

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