I’m under the weather RN, but if I wake up feeling 💯, I’ll be at this rally.
@NYCMayor said “trust me.” Then his new @NYCHealthCommr announced a policy of “indefinite” masking of toddlers… the same week we learned that even the CDC is changing to mask-optional.
Please consider dropping by if you are in NYC and concerned about policies that mask ONLY the children whose speech and language development is most at risk. 🙏
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Also, reminder that Jha was an unhelpful voice on school reopening in Summer, 2020.
I believe I have seen him reflect publicly that reopening success pleasantly surprised him, and he changed perspectives in fall, 2020… but I can’t put eyes on the comments now.
When @NYCMayor said that he is still masking toddlers to “save our babies,” and because under 5’s are hospitalized at a higher rate, who was correcting the record?
Starting your day in a kindergarten is always good.
When the kinders are completely engaged in a strong phonics lesson, learning a new digraph, it’s AWESOME.
A peek into a lesson on the /ch/ digraph:
I’m visiting with the #KnowledgeMatters School Tour, one of my favorite initiatives in K-12.
The tour visits schools doing 💪 work with high-quality curriculum. This leg visits Tennessee schools using the free foundational skills curriculum developed by @TNedu.