This is INSANE: The federal government has been paying $3000/mo to provide toilets for Ivanka and Jared Kushner's Secret Service security detail because the Kushners wouldn't let them use any of the 6.5 bathrooms in their mansion washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
Other CRAZY details: Kushners' Secret Service agents had to use Barack Obama's nearby bathroom!!!
It's increasingly clear that the pandemic is taking its worst educational toll on Black, Hispanic, low-income & English-learner children, & students with disabilities.
I'm threading evidence here. I'll start with a heartbreaking teacher email I received that helps explain why:
BREAKING: Stunning data for Fairfax County, VA's largest school system, shows HUGE academic cost of online learning — Fs up by 83% this year.
Vulnerable children struggling most: Fs for students w/ disabilities up by 111%, for English learners up by 106% washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Some data worth teasing out:
* Hispanic children are suffering more than any other racial group. F's for them up by 92%. And they're underperforming in English and math by large margins: 42% in Math, 47% in English.
* 35% of all kids underperforming in math, 39% in English
Also, younger kids are experiencing more serious effects. F's for Fairfax high-schoolers are up by 50%.
But among middle-schoolers, F's are up by 300%:
* up 400% for middle-schoolers w/ disabilites
* up 400% for Hispanic middle-schoolers
* up 383% for English learners