If it's Friday, it's the day for #AskTheMayor on @BrianLehrer !
Brian starts with a question about staffing issues at public schools, more here: on.wsj.com/31B0MKK
"I do hear the concerns of the principals, and that answer is coming to them very, very shortly," @NYCMayor says. The principals' union sent out a letter today to the mayor discussing staffing levels
The mayor says there's a pool of subs, and from Absent Teacher Reserve, or ATR
"A lot of work has been done to keep training the teachers," on remote teaching, @NYCMayor says. But the DOE hasn't given stats on how much training the teachers have received. I've spoken with teachers who have not received any.
"There's a lot of energy in this effort right now," @NYCMayor says. He says there's a lot of momentum in Albany (they are set to return within the next 2 weeks, I've been told)
Regina in Manhattan asks about the New York Times podcast "Nice White Parents" and asks a Q about school segregation.
"I don't know what you're referring to," @NYCMayor says. ("Have you listened to the podcast?" the latest in this genre for the mayor)
.@NYCMayor, who has not listened to the podcast or heard of it or knew about it, is now opining angrily about school segregation and criticism.
"a lot of elite media don't want to" discuss desegregation
"cocktail party comfort going on" when people discuss it
School learning this year? Could be in tents.
@NYCMayor on @BrianLehrer being asked honest, legitimate questions about concerns: Intense!
This is a rough summer Friday for @NYCMayor so far. He's urged listeners to "stop this cocktail party madness" when asked questions about school segregation and concerns about school reopening.
.@NYCMayor seems to perk up when asked about the "hits" he took at some of last night's speakers at the RNC.
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