CPS cancels school after CTU voted to only work remotely

[Anonymous]

I'm just going to leave this here. Seems appropriate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

It's interesting that you say that. While I do not support this move, I understand their position. Teachers in America have been vilified by the right for decades now. Teaching used to be a respected well paid career. Now, parents go to school board meetings to disparage them. I hope teachers protest across the country.

I was a career teacher. I am also a Republican. Definitely a minority.
I have criticized the unions for years - because I have seen them protect abusive and incompetent teachers. Parents who have been speaking out are not vilifying teachers.... they are furious with School Boards and other school leaders who are pushing bad policy and even worse curriculum. Perhaps they have criticized teachers who are pushing propaganda. But, by and large, most parents - on the right and the left - appreciate the work teachers do.
As a teacher, the parents I dealt with with mostly wonderful. I worked only in Title I schools and the parents were supportive and appreciative. Of course, I taught their kids what they needed to know to be successful in life and not some of the crap being pushed in the past few years.
I retired from teaching as soon as I could - not because of the parents or the kids - but because of the politics of the school system.

+100
ALL OF THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought - put some skin in the game for the parents. If you have a child in a public school system, you should be required to work 12 hours a year in the school system in the classroom as a teacher's aide or substitute. No exceptions.

This makes no sense at all. This is meant to show how competent teachers are or how meritorious their/ union’s requests are? A demand that someone else come in and help them do their job? Does any other profession attempt to get a raise or improve workplace conditions by demanding that their clients/ customers come in and work 12 hours for them?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought - put some skin in the game for the parents. If you have a child in a public school system, you should be required to work 12 hours a year in the school system in the classroom as a teacher's aide or substitute. No exceptions.

Most are already required to work, for a lot more than 12 hours a year, to fund the schools. They certainly have a lot of skin in the game already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move. They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools. In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.

+1. It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.

I took a pay cut to leave Arlington Public Schools to teach at a DC private school. I have amazing colleagues who are well educated, articulate, helpful, and collegial. Students and parents are respectful and most students do their work. I could do this because our last child finished college, and we decided my work satisfaction was more important than needed renovations to our house.

More public school teachers lwill leave when they can because the politicization of education is not helping children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought - put some skin in the game for the parents. If you have a child in a public school system, you should be required to work 12 hours a year in the school system in the classroom as a teacher's aide or substitute. No exceptions.

Most are already required to work, for a lot more than 12 hours a year, to fund the schools. They certainly have a lot of skin in the game already.

They aren’t counting the tutoring we have to do because teachers often cannot teach effectively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move. They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools. In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.

+1. It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.

I took a pay cut to leave Arlington Public Schools to teach at a DC private school. I have amazing colleagues who are well educated, articulate, helpful, and collegial. Students and parents are respectful and most students do their work. I could do this because our last child finished college, and we decided my work satisfaction was more important than needed renovations to our house.

More public school teachers lwill leave when they can because the politicization of education is not helping children.

Teacher here in FCPS. Most of my colleagues that have either left for other districts or the profession itself was not due to the "politicization of education. Instead it was because of the lack of respect from the community, particularly the parents and their children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move. They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools. In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.

+1. It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.

I took a pay cut to leave Arlington Public Schools to teach at a DC private school. I have amazing colleagues who are well educated, articulate, helpful, and collegial. Students and parents are respectful and most students do their work. I could do this because our last child finished college, and we decided my work satisfaction was more important than needed renovations to our house.

More public school teachers lwill leave when they can because the politicization of education is not helping children.

Teacher here in FCPS. Most of my colleagues that have either left for other districts or the profession itself was not due to the "politicization of education. Instead it was because of the lack of respect from the community, particularly the parents and their children.

I am the APS teacher who left. I was broadly using the world "politicization" to mean that when "teachers" became "educators" in an attempt by their quasi-union to further professionalize them, it had the opposite effect of making them less professional and respected by the community. In my case, it was the students and parents. I was told repeatedly that a child should not have to do homework because she had "other interests," but that I had to ensure that the child got into mom and dad's college of choice. It is refreshing to have a parent be part of a team to help their child succeed rather than being blamed for their child's failure to succeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move. They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools. In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.

+1. It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.

I took a pay cut to leave Arlington Public Schools to teach at a DC private school. I have amazing colleagues who are well educated, articulate, helpful, and collegial. Students and parents are respectful and most students do their work. I could do this because our last child finished college, and we decided my work satisfaction was more important than needed renovations to our house.

More public school teachers lwill leave when they can because the politicization of education is not helping children.

Teacher here in FCPS. Most of my colleagues that have either left for other districts or the profession itself was not due to the "politicization of education. Instead it was because of the lack of respect from the community, particularly the parents and their children.

I am the APS teacher who left. I was broadly using the world "politicization" to mean that when "teachers" became "educators" in an attempt by their quasi-union to further professionalize them, it had the opposite effect of making them less professional and respected by the community. In my case, it was the students and parents. I was told repeatedly that a child should not have to do homework because she had "other interests," but that I had to ensure that the child got into mom and dad's college of choice. It is refreshing to have a parent be part of a team to help their child succeed rather than being blamed for their child's failure to succeed.

You don't seem too bright. My mother was a teacher for 38 years. My aunt was a teacher and she graduated from college in 1947. These women (not the union) considered themselves educators because they understood how important their jobs were. They had the most important job in the world and they took on that responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

And.....
The White House is just fine with the way the schools spent the money. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

Wow, really?

In summary: We're now at the point where one can no longer teach that racism and bias are bad because that's "evil CRT."

Right wing media is truly off the deep end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

Wow, really?

In summary: We're now at the point where one can no longer teach that racism and bias are bad because that's "evil CRT."

Right wing media is truly off the deep end.

Ok, Francis.......

The point is these schools used COVID RELIEF FUNDING to implement the stupid "restorative justice" curriculum.
How in the HELL does that have anything to do with helping schools get their buildings safe for students?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

Wow, really?

In summary: We're now at the point where one can no longer teach that racism and bias are bad because that's "evil CRT."

Right wing media is truly off the deep end.

Ok, Francis.......

The point is these schools used COVID RELIEF FUNDING to implement the stupid "restorative justice" curriculum.
How in the HELL does that have anything to do with helping schools get their buildings safe for students?????

It's Dailywire. Therefore, I highly, HIGHLY doubt the spending Dailywire claims is truthful or accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Where is the damn money. This is ridiculous.

About the money......This is maddening and exactly why many of us were against the Covid relief. More examples in the article linked.

They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be closed, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.

In August, the Department of Education published strategies for using the money. “Rebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,” the document said, for a “culture shift” and the “establishment of equitable practices… One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School’s Curriculum Equity Initiative.”

Chicago earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a “comprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum” developed “through the Curriculum Equity Initiative.” The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.

Milwaukee allocated $24 million of its ARP money to “Social Emotional Learning,” including $100,000 for “Anti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.” It will not be conducting classes in person until at least January 10.

A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:

California earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with “training resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.”

New York’s relief plan said it believed “opportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.” It referenced teaching students about “privilege” and “their identities.”

This filtered down into local school districts. The Corning-Painted Post School District said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the “5 tenets of critical race theory.”

Buffalo Public Schools said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for “anti-racism” and for “emancipation curriculum materials.” Fox reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students “the disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics” in favor of “Black Villages.”

Michigan promoted using an “equity lens” to apportion money, including spending it on “professional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

Wow, really?

In summary: We're now at the point where one can no longer teach that racism and bias are bad because that's "evil CRT."

Right wing media is truly off the deep end.

Ok, Francis.......

The point is these schools used COVID RELIEF FUNDING to implement the stupid "restorative justice" curriculum.
How in the HELL does that have anything to do with helping schools get their buildings safe for students?????

It's Dailywire. Therefore, I highly, HIGHLY doubt the spending Dailywire claims is truthful or accurate.

When Psaki was asked about it, and some of these claims were stated, she did not deny it.
Believe it.
And, face it..... the funds have been misused. Bigly.