Actually started last Friday but TODAY is the first day of my regular building sub gig. Started well, including applause from the foreign language department. But not all schools are ready to hit the ground running. Lots of issues out there. Columbus public teachers may be striking soon. There aren’t enough subs in the CBUS are NOW and many refuse to cover CPS in the BEST of times, so I don’t know WHAT they’re gonna do. All I DO know is it isn’t going to involve ME.

I opposed this during the Obama administration and still do. I’M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THIS:  “Excusing Misbehavior Is Bad for Kids and Schools, But That’s What Biden Admin Want to do for ‘Equity.‘”  (Here’s my argument.  Oh, and here’s more … I’ve been hammering on this nail for a while. 

A TEACHER’S STORY: Why I Left California

DEVON WESTHILL KNOWS FROM EXPERIENCE:  “Going Soft on Black Children’s Misbehavior is the Wrong Policy Prescription.”

And the source of MOST of the problem: OUR ED SCHOOL SLUMS.

It’s why I teach in the district I teach. Or, rather why I DON’T teach in certain OTHER districts. K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Midwest teachers leaving the classroom over student behavior, left-wing politics. There’s not much of an argument for public education anymore.

also this: COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Study finds full-occupancy, in-person teaching did not lead to SARS-CoV-2 in-class transmission at Boston University.