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Aug 1 4 tweets 3 min read
Frankel’s reporting only shows 1 of 27 parents adopting an anti-vaccine position.

So why is @sheeraf allowed to conflate anti-mandate positions with anti-vaxx positions?

👉They are different.

That’s just the start of the issues w this column.

Cc: @puiwingtam @ellenjpollock1
.@sheeraf’s sources are speaking out to make clear that they are not anti-vaccine.

👇

This raises serious questions about the integrity of this reporting.
I’m particularly dismayed by this:

“They shared notes & online articles — many of them misleading — about the reopening of schools and the efficacy of vaccines & masks.”

RE misleading articles, @sheeraf links to article from Mar. ‘20.

The #openschools movement didn’t exist+ Image
… in March ‘20. Nor did the vaccine.

👉 NYC schools hadn’t even closed as of March 8, 2020.

@sheeraf is allowed to allege that parents who wanted schools reopened and questioned vaccine mandates are purveyors of misinfo… based on that article & no other evidence?

Ridiculous.

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Jul 30
Uvalde shooter ‘was identified as “at risk” academically by 3rd grade & experienced bullying in elementary school. He harbored bad memories of 4th grade in particular… it was in his former fourth-grade classroom where he eventually committed’ the shooting
motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
That is such a chilling detail.

Then everything went downhill after school closures. Image
Back to his earlier educational experience…

He was Googling for information about dyslexia, y’all.
Read 4 tweets
Jun 30
Dear @JeromeAdamsMD,

On behalf of the many parents who read the intl data on school reopening, said we could safely open schools in the face of resistance or silence from our leaders, and were 100% right:

Yes, sometimes the mom has the better read of the data. Image
.@KelleyKga is batting 1,000 in her COVID data analysis, and her (unpaid!) work has yielded a number of corrections.

This sort of disdain is not a good look in a country that, *ahem*, made its share of mistakes in how it approached COVID and children.
Here’s a BMJ award winner commending the study authors who misrepresented COVID mortality vs other causes in children for revising their work, based on @KelleyKga’s careful eye.

Is this enough of a credential for you, @JeromeAdamsMD?
Read 4 tweets
Jun 14
This is HUGE:

Tennessee becomes first state to announce higher reading outcomes than pre-pandemic, with higher ELA proficiency than 2019.

"The highest proficiency the state has seen in the last five years" in BOTH elem & HS.

#Reading360 pays off!

tn.gov/education/news… Image
Y’all know that @TNedu has been pulling out all the stops on literacy.

Its #Reading360 teacher training, developed by @TNedu in partnership with @TNTP has earned, incredibly-high marks.

99.5%! This is like the unicorn of training.
But the really distinguishing thing that Tennessee did was get high-quality curriculum into virtually every district, as @lisacoons10 explained to @natwexler.

That #TNBestForAll initiative predated the pandemic, and set the foundation for what followed.

forbes.com/sites/nataliew…
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Jun 1
I’m almost charmed by @galbeckerman’s belief that anyone cares about American children and their needs.

By my observation in the COVID era: hardly at all.

theatlantic.com/family/archive…
When New York City schools were poised to close, my kid was on the front lines of that fight.

I still see her in @AP photos from the first parent protest of school closures.

Guess how much it mattered?
I’m pretty sure I’ve tweeted more videos of kids & their parents speaking out about school closures than any American.

I’ve tweeted elementary schoolkids, high school athletes, underprivileged & privileged kids, Black, Hispanic, AAPA, white kids.

My kid.

None registered.
Read 8 tweets
May 31
Now It Can Be Said, Mask Edition:

“The evidence suggests that broad mask mandates have not done much to reduce Covid caseloads over the past two years.”

By @DLeonhardt:
nytimes.com/2022/05/31/bri…
In summer, 2021, after a year+ of promoting masks in schools, I started talking about the limited evidence they were working.

I was unfollowed by a few top education researchers.

👉 People who pride themselves on promoting only evidence-based practice.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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May 28
Who wants to talk about something positive? 🙋🏼‍♀️

Tennessee’s #Reading360 training continues to get insanely-good feedback. 👀

When is the last time you heard these sorts of reviews of any training, no less a state training?

It’s the unicorn of professional learning. 🦄
This year, @TNedu is doing something truly pioneering, adding a Secondary Literacy Training for upper grade Eds, in addition to its well-reviewed Early Reading Training.

This is huge! Many kids get to secondary w/ reading struggles. Teachers need more support.

Details here:
So in its first week, Secondary Literacy Training got 100% positives from participants…

While Early Reading Training (for K-5 teachers) continues to get astoundingly-good feedback.

Just Wow, @TNedu @SchwinnTeach @lisacoons10 @JaredMyracle. 👏👏👏👏👏
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