.@SolJourno has raised $4.2M from @GatesFoundation since 2014. In 2016 I pointed out how its co-founders had repeatedly hyped edu projects/companies funded by Gates in @nytimes "Fixes" column w/o any disclosures, contrary to NYT ethical guidelines.nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2016/08/ny-tim… 2/I wrote NYT 2 times why no disclosure of this conflict but got no response. Then in Aug. 2020 @timothywschwab wrote about Gates influence over media in general & @soljourno
lack of disclosure in their @nytimes columns when promoting Gates-funded projects cjr.org/criticism/gate…

Questionable DOE contracts to be voted on Wed. by the PEP, my concerns about DOE lack of compliance with student privacy law & ongoing issues about PEP process & lack of training nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2020/10/questi… cc @KathyParkPrice @tomcsheppard @isaaccarmignani @NYCSchools PEP Contract committee supposed to be livestreamed now but there's a technical delay - says will begin shortly livestream.com/ltevents/contr…

Phil Wong CEC24 says parents are concerned Catholic schools are open for 5 days/wk in-person learning but not public schools & some leaving for these schools; Robert Holden asks: also heard kids are finished w/schoolwork in 10 min? Phil Wong says yes, not enough instruction. .@MarkTreyger718 we know many kids going into schools only to learn online; today we find out over 72,000 open requests for device; only until July the admin started planning for the fall. When you fail to plan you plan to fail

Andrea Ortiz @thenyic- abrupt shift to remote learning hit immigrant students hardest & w/o devices & DOE system made parents sign on w/ DOE directly to request devices & NOT via schools. .@randi_levine @AFCNewYork Some parents think they've sign up for devices but DOE says not/ no one is taking ownership of this issue to check w/parents what's going on.

.@StephenLevin33: Why is 0.2% positivity rate fr/random testing in schools so much lower than citywide positivity rate? Dr. Varma - city positivity rate higher b/c more sick testednot same as actual prevalence -- we estimate actual citywide prevalence last week about 0.1%-0.7%. (this is one of most interesting stats we've never heard before from Mayor or anyone else.)

We don't take issuing subpoena lightly; astonished that we couldn't get attendance data from DOE says @NYCSpeakerCoJo . Chaos is tremendous and no individual's fault; our stress nothing compared to anxieties families are facing with little info & rules changing day by by. .@NYCspeakerCojo says getting education right will determine future of our city and how we handle this challenge will determine whether parents can go back to work & kids will get their education; excuses no longer acceptable

D31 HS Aaron asks re students getting no live instruction re remote blended learning; parents feel duped, as they were promised. Also some classes still don’t have teachers.

Chancellor: no vested interest in duping parents. I don’t get a bonus for this. Chancellor: I know some districts started remote learning and in-person w/ cameras in classrooms. This is the most horrible form of pedagogy I can think of. We could have done that and called that synchronous learning but we decided not to.

Snakeoil alert: “a comprehensive look at Summit Learning — the program behind the so-called rebellion in Kansas — found that it was often making good on its potential to “transform teaching and learning for the better.” Actually NO evidence for that. hechingerreport.org/opinion-fixing… This article hyping @#Summit links to another praising its use in Wellington KS without noting that Wellington has ditched it too wellingtondailynews.com/news/20200519/…

.@brigidbergin #LearningBridges - hearing fr/ teachers still scrambling for child care. @NYCMayor we're making sure we can make available to as many people as possible. We'll keep growing program. @DOEChancellor: 3600 seats available now & those notifications went out. Next week will have 30K seats available says @joshwallacknyc - we're getting more set up each day. you can email if you need a seat. Priorities are shelter kids, essential worker & teachers' kids. you can email learningbridges@schools.nyc.gov

Is Mulgrew talking about an automated lesson plan that will be online for every school? Hard to imagine. Mulgrew @UFT says their agreement w/ DOE is not subject to arbitration which takes too long; We will hold their feet to the fire to get it complied with; "no playing around here. What happened in March we will never allow happen again."

“Climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous in many ways, including increased rainfall and more powerful storm surge. How much climate change has to do with intensification, however, is still being worked out.” Untrue. nytimes.com/2020/08/27/us/… “when scientists put the pieces together, they project that in general, hurricanes will become more intense in a warming world, with higher wind speeds and greater levels of precipitation.” ucsusa.org/resources/hurr…

Majority of DC insiders (60%) say biggest challenge often overlooked to reopening schools in next year are problems with remote education. whiteboardadvisors.com/sites/default/… Here’s the whole list of biggest challenges often overlooked to reopening schools according to DC insiders whiteboardadvisors.com/sites/default/…

Terrence Martin of @DFT231t Detroit teachers says we can't put out students through this trauma again. #GettingitRight Ashley Davis, Providence teacher says we've gotten better w/technology but still don't know when & how RI schools will start - possibly on Sept. 14 and unclear if remote or in-person. #gettingitright

Fedrick Ingram @FloridaEA teachers says kids' lives dispensable; they sued Gov. in court; now in mediation to stop unsafe opening of schools. facebook.com/WTUlocal6 #gettingitright ElizDavis @WTUTeacher vs unsafe reopening DC schools though she knows remote learning will never replace in-person teaching. Digital divide -35% students didn't have computers &/or internet. Critical teachers & parents involved in planning facebook.com/WTUlocal6 #gettingitright

@palan57 @googlenews Answer no. This ignores most of evidence vs @SummitSpark including many students hate it, they get minimal time with teachers, curriculum is highly deficient & privacy issues are profound. Check out our fact sheet here studentprivacymatters.org/wp-content/upl… @TaraGarciaM @l_willen @palan57 @googlenews @SummitSpark @TaraGarciaM @L_willen Student protests vs @summitspark in NYC nypost.com/2018/11/10/bro…