Investigator of NYC DOE corruption. Supporter of public education. Fighter for rigorous education for all. RTs/follows not to be read as endorsements.
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BREAKING: Massive grade inflation discovered that #DOE does not want you to see at New York City public middle schools (see chart for math pass rates): #FireCarranza #GradeInflation
Except Nikole Hannah-Jones was the one advocating to get rid of the academically rigorous and advanced K-8 public school programs in NYC.
This aged like milk. Nikole Hannah-Jones could've used her NYTimes platform to advocate for the end of detracking (based on fraudulent research) and for more gifted/honors programs in black/Latino neighborhoods. Instead she attacked poor Asian parents asking for rigorous schools.
Eight years ago today the @nytmag published my cover story on school segregation in the great “melting pot” of NYC and the way elite parents and politicians conspire with structural inequality to keep our schools separate and unequal. Eight years later, this sweet baby girl on the cover is getting ready to graduate 8th grade as a bright, empathetic, funny, honor roll student from @uaunison, a non-screened, neighborhood middle school. By test-score metrics many would label this school a failing school, but just as I write in the piece, we judge these schools AND their students without ever stepping foot inside. My daughter is not worth more than any other child. Eight years later, I still know we made the right choice. nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magaz…
Your regular reminder: detracking ideology (which equity activists use to support eliminating k-12 gifted and honors programs) is based on fraudulent "research" by Jeannie Oakes–
Zohran Mamdani plans to phase out Gifted and Talented program in NYC elementary schools trib.al/yOv3dOo
"She presented evidence that would allow a reasonable juror to find that the DOE consistently ignored racial harassment of Caucasian employees during ‘implicit bias’ trainings and workplace interactions,” the three-judge panel of the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals found."
Educator targeted for ‘white toxicity’ during anti-bias training can sue NYC for ‘racial harassment’ trib.al/JbxtEYk
"Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ahead of their peers in New York City, according to national test scores." nypost.com/2025/05/16/opinio…
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In 2018 I pointed out it was an unwise move for the Dems to go after the education opportunities of Asian Americans in NYC. The recent rise in crime since 2020 didn't help either.
de Blasio likely set back the Dems in NYC with minorities & immigrants for a generation. #SHSAT #GT
Fauci tells House COVID panel he’s ‘not convinced’ kids suffered learning loss due to pandemic school closures trib.al/VPCy41a
"Her ire heightened when The Post revealed Weisberg gave big raises to Chief Enrollment Officer Sarah Kleinhandler and her senior executive soon after a #NYCDOE investigation substantiated misconduct allegations against them." nypost.com/2023/09/16/nyc-do…
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"When high school teacher Rachel King welcomed a new cohort of 10th graders to her classroom in the fall of 2021, she made a discovery: a number of her students had never completed their coursework from the previous year." ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/7/10/2…
"A Brooklyn high school gives students English credits for playing Dungeons & Dragons...It’s one of the ways that it achieved a 91% percent graduation rate last year — despite 79% of students marked chronically absent & half deemed unprepared for college." nypost.com/2023/07/01/nyc-sc…
Whoa. Supreme Court rejects affirmative action at colleges, says schools can’t consider race in admission cnbc.com/2023/06/29/supreme-…
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Remember when they claimed "'Learning loss’ is largely a subjective term"? nitter.gq/AlecMacGillis/status/1…
Students suffered an unprecedented setback during the remote-learning era, sharply widening racial disparities that had been shrinking. But recovery efforts have been plagued by complacency and inertia. My report from one city for @propublica & @NewYorker:
propublica.org/article/pande…
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"GOP campaign to destroy public schools"
Um, pretty sure in NYC the NYC DOE is spending $38,000 per public school student each year (highest in US) with worsening student outcomes. The current politicians in charge are doing a great job at destroying public schools on their own.
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