#Oregon promotes teacher program to subtract ‘racism in mathematics’

#Oregon promotes teacher program to subtract ‘racism in mathematics’

“#Oregon promotes teacher program to subtract ‘racism in mathematics’” The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently encouraged teachers to register for training that encourages “ethnomathematics” and argues, among other things, that White supremacy manifests itself in the focus on finding the right answer. An ODE newsletter sent last week advertises a Feb. 21 “Pathway to…

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#Teacher calls Bernie Sanders’ mittens ‘lesson in white privilege’ in op-ed

#Teacher calls Bernie Sanders’ mittens ‘lesson in white privilege’ in op-ed

“#Teacher calls Bernie Sanders’ mittens ‘lesson in white privilege’ in op-ed” A San Francisco high school teacher wrote an Op-ed claiming Sen. Bernie Sanders “manifests privilege” for wearing his meme-evoking inauguration outfit. Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, a former UC Berkeley professor, wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the Vermont senator’s choice of recycled wool mittens mittens…

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#Hey, WHO! Do a real Wuhan probe: Devine

#Hey, WHO! Do a real Wuhan probe: Devine

“#Hey, WHO! Do a real Wuhan probe: Devine” Finally, the World Health Organization has sent investigators to Wuhan, China, ground zero for COVID-19, to begin the belated search for the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.  Today they will emerge from 14 days of quarantine. They should go straight to the Wuhan Institute of ­Virology, where…

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#NJ teacher arrested after allegedly sexting 14-year-old boy

#NJ teacher arrested after allegedly sexting 14-year-old boy

“#NJ teacher arrested after allegedly sexting 14-year-old boy” A New Jersey middle school teacher was arrested on Tuesday for having sexual conversations with a boy he thought was 14-years-old, a report said. Jesse Rosenbaum, 65 — who teaches science and special education at Long Branch Middle School — was charged with attempted endangering the welfare…

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