I am cautiously optimistic about a Joe Biden presidency when it comes to education. What sets him apart from the average corporate Democrat is the influence of his wife Jill, a community college professor. President-Elect Biden did not disappoint teachers in his victory speech last night.
From a transcript.
Folks, as I said many times before, I’m Jill’s husband. And I would not be here without her love and tireless support. And my son Hunter and my daughter and all our grandchildren and their spouses and all our family. They are my heart. Jill is a military mom, an educator. She dedicated her life to education. Teaching is not just what she does, it’s who she is.
For American educators, it is a great day for y’all. You’re going to have one of your own in the White House. And Jill is going to make a great First Lady. I am so proud of her.
Education will not be a forgotten issue under Biden. No, he is not going to stop grade inflation. That is a local issue that we have to work on. However, I don't believe we will be "Arne Duncaned" again like we were by President Barack Obama. We may see better policy from the federal government on testing and evaluations. We also most likely will not be shortchanged on funding.
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When was the last time a president improved things for nyc teacher. I’ve been teaching since Bill Clinton and don’t see anything positive coming down the pike for us because of who is in the White House.
LOL. So not students will have morals and ethics and show up and not disrespect teachers and there will be no grade fraud?
That was quick.
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Wasn't Laura Bush a teacher? Carranza? Farina?
Never Forget What Joe Biden Did to Clarence Thomas
Jill Biden is, not was, a teacher.
From CBS:
President-Elect Joe Biden is projected to become the 46th president of the United States and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, plans to continue teaching, potentially becoming the only first lady to hold a paid job outside the White House.
Dr. Biden, a full-time English professor at Northern Virginia Community College, previously told "CBS Sunday Morning" in August that she would "love to" keep teaching if she became first lady after correspondent Rita Braver posed the question.
liberalism is a mental disorder. treat those who suffer from it with compassion. they know not what they do.
"It feels good to know that I’m not the only one,” one Biden supporter said in Chicago. “And we haven’t had a chance to be happy together for so long.”
No mention of superspreader events yesterday?
Sore losers just like their leader.
TRUMP IS A LOSER!
Newsflash: Betsy did not fire a single teacher in the United States. The secretary of education is a joke position. Yeah, she is clam but who cares?
Good. So no more grade fraud, disrespect from students, admin abuse? Students will be able to write a proper sentence in order to graduate high school? Show up at least?
@10:58 am...
And never forget what Trump did to the country. Trump lost. Biden won. Move on.
@12:29pm...
Said 12:29 pm on a blog on a Sunday afternoon. Anddddd Trump lost. Move on.
@12:31pm...
No such thing per Ex-president Trump. He lost. Biden won. Move on.I love it
@12:40pm...
Of course not. Trump fixed all of those issues. Hello.
Referencing Kamala as first black woman VP last night, Biden said “you’re telling me it’s not possible in America??!!” - while at the same time insisting the entire country is systematically racist. ��
If everybody else is getting $50K, I want it too...And free medical when I quit.
Can we do grade fraud too? Students don't even have to attend class to pass. High school students graduate unable to write a proper sentence. We haven't lowered the bar, we have eliminated the bar. Teachers, unfortunately, have submitted, given up and given in. If a student does one out of ten assignments it is considered good enough to pass the class. How sad for the students, mostly in the minority community. They then wonder why they can't get into a decent college or keep a decent job. Then the mayor calls it racism.
Great, since trump lost, w4s can now tell us why blacks lag in hs grad rate, college grad rate, and income while leading in prison population...And why it will be the same without trump and the same before trump. Can we fix it instead of blaming people?
Except for Jill's odd insistence on being referred to as Dr." (often a warning sign to those of us who deal with admins...especially when they are far from a school setting ), I think she'll be a good ally in the White House. She moved on from public high school teaching back in 1993 and has focused on community college instruction since then.
Except for Jill's odd insistence on being referred to as Dr." (often a warning sign to those of us who deal with admins...especially when they are far from a school setting ), I think she'll be a good ally in the White House. She moved on from public high school teaching back in 1993 and has focused on community college instruction since then.
Prior to the coronavirus crisis, there had been a consistent downward trend in African-American unemployment under President Trump.
Sorry w4s, bad news for your friends now that trump is gone.
Trump lost, so did black people.
In 1977, Biden said without orderly integration, his kids would grow up in 'racial jungle'
He was against court-ordered busing to desegregate public schools.
“We should challenge students in these schools. We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
First MAGA here to admit Trump lost. Congrats. It is not exactly 1977 any longer.
@2:45pm
It's not 1977...Trump is out. Now on with change.
I wish the people who hated Trump a billionaire and former/curerent president would think about minoritties who have 10 cents in the bank and have no education. Shouldnt we worry about their careers?
@2:54pm...
Sounds like you really want the country to move forward. Yes Congrats to all of us. We need to work TOGETHER. We must hold ALL politicians accountable and speak up TOGETHER if they do not. Stay safe.
@2:30 pm...
Ahem. I don't know you and you don't know my friends soooo byeeee. Thank God Trump is gone.
@2:09 pm...
Lol. Ask Trump. He knows EVERYTHING.
Let us move on and explain why some are always lagging.
Please move on, this is the fact, now move on.
In 2017, blacks represented 12% of the U.S. adult population but 33% of the sentenced prison population. Whites accounted for 64% of adults but 30% of prisoners. And while Hispanics represented 16% of the adult population, they accounted for 23% of inmates.
Please move on. Trump is the worst. Black American families have earned significantly less money than white families for decades. The median household income for a black family was $41,500 in 2018, 40% less than the $68,000 for a white family. This gap has remained relatively unchanged since 1967.
Before Trump was in office. In 2016, the median net worth of non-Hispanic white households was $143,600. The median net worth of Black households was $12,920.
Now, how do we fix this?
Those numbers are like that in a huge way because of systemic racism. You are making our point.
they come for the woke, too:
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-supporter-thinks-yard-sign-will-deter-angry-protesters-watch-illusions-get-instantly-shattered-mob-descends/
Lol. The NBA must be racist. And the NFL. No they aren't. Is HS grad rate and college grad rate and prison poulation? Under a black president. A racist country elected a black president twice? And just elected a black female VP. And tons of elected officials all over the country are black and hispanic. Loretta Lynch? Eric Holder? Wanty me to keep going? Tim Scott? Maxine Watters? Is Mr Carranza white? How about all of the other school chancellors in NYC history? Walcott? Crew? How about all the black principals and APs and supes. We suck at being racist with all those blacks and hispanics in power. Don Lemon? Van Jones? This country is so racist that all those maganaged to gain huge fame and fortune and power. I'm done. Have a good day.
Um, there ae blacks and hispanics on the Supreme Court. We just had a black President and now a black VP. This country doesnt act racist.
I like how Trump's people are saying the media doesn't call an election, but when they did in 2016 they had every right to.
@2:30 "Prior to the coronavirus crisis, there had been a consistent downward trend in African-American unemployment under President Trump. Sorry w4s, bad news for your friends now that trump is gone."
WHY? Are we done with the coronavirus crisis? What's his plan for a safe reopening? Where's the money for that? How nice for Trump that he was able to ride Obama's coattails as long as he did. Inherited a healthy economy and drove it straight into the toilet, with no coherent plan to fix it, as soon as he was hit with a crisis.
I'm a democrat...Trump didnt start any wars, the economy was just fine before Covid and outperformed Europe after, the stock market’s at all time highs, our biggest Middle Eastern enemy is in deep trouble, Israel’s making peace left and right...Even on Covid, our numbers are indistinguishable from most of Europe.
Is the guy an insufferable jerk? Yep. That’s why he lost. But I am so tired of hearing how we barely escaped fascism. It’s nonsense, and the people spitting it are way more dangerous than
Trump.
Seeing lots of fawning media coverage of celebratory gatherings all over the US celebrating Trump's expected ouster. So either covid is over or the establishment media are damned liars who militarize covid for political purposes. I favor the latter theory.
@3:27 pm
That's the million dollar question. Way above my pay grade and most likely yours. Here are some suggestions:
First step: Vote out the jellyfish. Check
Second step: Review Revise and reissue US history and Global history. This time tell the truth and teach the truth bout everyone and everything. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Third: Review and revise public education in the USA. No more separate and unequal (for real this time). Challenging. Vocational. Unbiased. Psychological exams for educators (we all read the blog and know some folks are in the wrong profession.)
Just three suggestions but I'm just a teacher. No one cares what we think. Anywho. Did you have a nice weekend? The weather was beautiful and we got good news. Woo hoo.
@4:41 - you lose all credibility when you claim that the people accusing Trump of being a fascist (because HE IS) are more dangerous than he is. He has all the POWER of the military, of the Dept. of Justice, he threatened the folks at the National Weather Service if they didn't support his LIE about the hurricane. He's unhinged, and has demanded and threatened that his opponents, past and present be arrested and tried for treason - but the people accusing him are the threat? That's just asinine.
Trump lost mainly because of how he responded to Covid. Yes many people would have died, but he and his son took at as it's not a big deal. His rounding the corner excuse was getting old and he never pushed for masks but only said if you want to wear a mask, wear one if you don't want to, don't wear it. He also had nobody close to him die of it. He'll say that there are more cases now because of increased testing, but still there still shouldn't be over 100,000 new cases a day 9 months after the first case was discovered. If he took Covid more seriously, he could indeed have won this election.
I got it, Trump is the worst. That doesn't explain the black issues that have been going in for decades including while there was a black president. Why do they lag in every measurable? The only thing I keep hearing is racism and Geo disproved that. Actually, with affirmative action...And others intentinslly trying to put blacls in position if power...Put them into specialized schools without merit...One could argue that they are already being given more than everyelse else.
My my my.. some people are so hostile today. What's wrong? Come on. The sun was out. The weather was beautiful. You have air in your lungs and coins in your pocket. You have a job. A roof over your head. Im sure (well i hope) there are people who love you. Thanks for your deep concern. You are in touch with reality. You are who I always thought you were. Now it's time to Woosah. It's a new day. Enjoy it. Woo hoo. Peace and love.
Why are Trump's followers regurgitating Trump and Guilani's whining? Have some wine. It's a new day. Turn your frown upside down. He lost. It's over. His sister and aunt just sighed along with at least 75 million others. Even the world's leaders are happy not to babysit the infant. Aren't you just a little relieved?
4:41 - Its indicative that you no nothing about foreign policy except for the few articles you read that form your view. I'm a Palestinian man who can say with certainty that Israel is not "making peace left and right." Your comment falls on deaf ears so I won't even get into an anonymous comment discourse with someone who comments on something they know nothing about.
To the rest of the forum - Trump was a mouthpiece who incited violence and division of the American people by playing the left vs right game. Started a traditional war or not, he had to go! He is despicable.
Well, at least during work I can nap tomorrow, and work from bed when I wake for $130k. Wednesday is a holiday, I'll be in bed just like a workday. That is what I call a new day. After all these years I finally figured out how to have the doe snd students work for me. Cnbc will keep me company, along with the sports debate shows. Maybe I'll go for a walk during the workday since students won't respond anyway. Oh well. This is what the doe wants. Why bother. And then I get to type NX for 95% in December and January. I guess this is payback for all the years of torture. Should've given me the buyout I wanted.
@anonymous...
Ouch.
Please stop trying to converse on topics you know so little about. Tom is a heavyweight. Come on. Stop trying to tangle with the ICEUFT GOAT (along with James :) ). Move on. It's like watching a car accident...you don't wanna look but ya look. Focus on what you do best. I don't know what that is but if you look long enough, you'll come up with something. On a happier note, it's a new day in the USA. The adults have found a new home for the infant. Now we just have to pry his tiny little fingers from the pillars of the house and shove him into his carseat for his ride to Florida.
Tom for the win...again.
W4s, keep spinning.
@7:22 pm
Exactly. Stay safe.
Trump was not prepared for this pandemic at ALL !
It is not his fault that Covid 19 infected the world.
It’s 100 percent on him the lame way he handled it from the first case to him America to this point.
Who in their right mind says a powerful light or drinking bleach will cure a this.
What a total idiot. I don’t know who is dumber , trump or his supporters.
Dow Jones futures looking strong
Now do crime rate and education and income. Lol.
@805pm
Keep spiraling lol. Bye Trump. Hello Biden.
@not ready....
What are you talking about? Drinking bleach isn't a cure? I've been sitting under this friggin light and sipping Bleach mocktails since he suggested it. Wtf.
Lol. This is better than I thought.. Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration: https://buffalochronicle.com/2020/11/07/mitt-romney-has-been-asked-to-lead-health-and-human-services-in-biden-administration/ This is not a good way to reach out to progressives.
hello gop senate and Romney hhs
haha. Now make excuses. Denial is the best way when you can't a question about failure
Bye trump. Thanks for making the stock market go from 18k to 28k. Bye Obama. Thanks for making the stock market go from 7k to 18k. I now have 1.4M in the stock market and I'm 40 years old. Net worth 2.2M. This teaching thing is pretty depressing but working from home with no students ain't bad. And students really aren't really learning. But nobody cares.
Pretty telling when someone says/asks and instead of answering you can only deflect with Trump. OK, we agree, Trump is a jerk. Now answer.
I give students quizzes when they are at home and can cheat and they still fail with grades in the 20s and 30s. How stupid are they?
if this gets to the #SCOTUS -- and it should -- one wonders if #JoeBiden will end up regretting how horribly he treated #JusticeThomas 30 years ago. #Elections2020 #Election2020
@6:00 pm "And others intentinslly trying to put blacls in position if power...Put them into specialized schools without merit...One could argue that they are already being given more than everyelse else."
You want someone to answer this gibberish? Don't drink and post.
But if you *really* want an answer to your incoherent question about failure here is exhibit A: "Well, at least during work I can nap tomorrow, and work from bed when I wake for $130k. Wednesday is a holiday, I'll be in bed just like a workday. That is what I call a new day. After all these years I finally figured out how to have the doe snd students work for me. Cnbc will keep me company, along with the sports debate shows. Maybe I'll go for a walk during the workday since students won't respond anyway. Oh well. This is what the doe wants. Why bother. And then I get to type NX for 95% in December and January. I guess this is payback for all the years of torture."
You're so confused you're not even sure what side of the issue you want to argue. First you babble about lagging in every measure, then you cite Geo who writes about the "huge fame and fortune, and power". Which is it? It's a rhetorical question. Go have another drink.
This article says I can work from bed.
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November 7, 2020 | 7:52pm
I did vote for Trump as an anti-Biden/Harris vote. It would have taken a miracle for Trump to win again. It was Trump vs. television shows, celebrities, sports figures, well funded liberal organizations, newspapers, radio news, programs and music, comedians, most news/opinion shows, magazine publications, internet publications, MSN, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, twitter, youtube, the corruption in DC, liberal politicians, teachers, professors, many Christian churches, and of course, himself. Who touted Trump's accomplishments: Fox news, a few radio programs, One America News, and himself. Very difficult odds no matter what you do.
I also think Biden/Harris were going to win no matter what. Any candidate would have won against Trump. No matter the number of votes needed to defeat Trump, they would have been found through fraudulent ballots, discounted ballots or software manipulation. The corruption in the voting process to assure a Trump loss in 2020 was set in place after 2016 when the American people were assured a Clinton victory.
This worries me more than a Biden/Harris presidency. Corruption should worry everyone whether it is local: the NYC DOE or Federal: everything.
6:22, Please provide some evidence that millions, not thousands or hundreds of thousands, of votes were stolen. Fox would have it.
@6:22pm...
Wait, are you saying that in spite of all of these barriers Donald still garnered 70 million votes? Man the fraudsters should be fired. They should have also created more fraudulent ballots for dem senate seats. Wtf.
@ Tom....
Those trolls are not ready for the truth. They have asked the same "questions" on this blog--regardless of the topic--for over a year. I guess their wizard sent them on here to try and incite. I ignore them now. They are like Donald--outdated,cowardly, and irrelevant.
Waiting for Support... Not for nothing but people like you never moved on when Trump won. You cried like a bunch of spoiled brats that didn't get their way, so don't you dare tell people to move on. Look in the mirror and self reflect on your pathetic behavior for the past 4 years.
@7:28 pm
At least we didn't declare a premature victory while the votes were still being counted. And then cry about fraud when the election was won fair and square. Just because the results aren't what you wanted, doesn't mean the whole thing was a fraud.
Oh, and by the way, most of you Trump supporters are quite aggressive yourselves. Today on my way to my car after work, a Trump supporter called me a f*cking Muslim and threw a cup of coffee on my car and drove off.
First of all, I'm not Muslim. Second of all, that is no way to talk to anyone or treat anyone. So, at least we don't throw nasty temper tantrums towards random people that don't fit your definition of "American" just because you're upset that things didn't go as you wanted.
I have actually had quite a few incidents where I was treated in a disgusting manner due to my ethnicity. And a majority of those folks were right-leaning or full on Trump supporters.
I actually had a supervisor in college at my campus job at a CUNY who I worked with for 2 years. After countless times of me explaining to her that I am not Arab or Muslim, she would keep addressing me as such when there really was no reason to even be discussing my ethnicity or religion on the job. She would say derogatory things about them. And yes, multiple coworkers filed complaints about her, but she knew an in and was able to stay in spite of those complaints. She was investigated by public safety but in the end, the other workers had to change their office room because she was quite passive aggressive. She would rip up the mail of her coworkers she didn't gel with (again due to ethnicity/religion), destroy their office supplies, and talk towards them in a hostile tone. And she was a proud Trump supporter.
So don't you dare tell people to look in the mirror and self reflect - you Trump supporters should be doing the same thing. A majority of you all are full of hate and anything that doesn't meet your definition of a true "American."
People always talk about how the left plays identity politics. Well, the right does the other extreme - they refuse to acknowledge your identity/ethnicity with the argument of true equality and equity, when really what is actually happening is that they are hiding the inequities by avoiding to address them head on.
@7:28 pm
At least we didn't declare a premature victory while the votes were still being counted. And then cry about fraud when the election was won fair and square. Just because the results aren't what you wanted, doesn't mean the whole thing was a fraud.
Oh, and by the way, most of you Trump supporters are quite aggressive yourselves. Today on my way to my car after work, a Trump supporter called me a f*cking Muslim and threw a cup of coffee on my car and drove off.
First of all, I'm not Muslim. Second of all, that is no way to talk to anyone or treat anyone. So, at least we don't throw nasty temper tantrums towards random people that don't fit your definition of "American" just because you're upset that things didn't go as you wanted.
I have actually had quite a few incidents where I was treated in a disgusting manner due to my ethnicity. And a majority of those folks were right-leaning or full on Trump supporters.
I actually had a supervisor in college at my campus job at a CUNY who I worked with for 2 years. After countless times of me explaining to her that I am not Arab or Muslim, she would keep addressing me as such when there really was no reason to even be discussing my ethnicity or religion on the job. She would say derogatory things about them. And yes, multiple coworkers filed complaints about her, but she knew an in and was able to stay in spite of those complaints. She was investigated by public safety but in the end, the other workers had to change their office room because she was quite passive aggressive. She would rip up the mail of her coworkers she didn't gel with (again due to ethnicity/religion), destroy their office supplies, and talk towards them in a hostile tone. And she was a proud Trump supporter.
So don't you dare tell people to look in the mirror and self reflect - you Trump supporters should be doing the same thing. A majority of you all are full of hate and anything that doesn't meet your definition of a true "American."
People always talk about how the left plays identity politics. Well, the right does the other extreme - they refuse to acknowledge your identity/ethnicity with the argument of true equality and equity, when really what is actually happening is that they are hiding the inequities by avoiding to address them head on.
Everyone wanted to bash on Black Lives Matter because they deemed it was unnecessary and a waste of time, that it is social justice reform nonsense.
After 9/11, so many people of my ethnicity died because they were misidentified as Muslims. The hate crimes still happen today. I stand behind any movement that supports fighting the injustices against people of color. The fact that those of my religion are still terrified to practice their religion in 2020 is ridiculous. Especially since America is known to be the land where one has the freedom to practice their religion without prosecution. Yet, uneducated idiots still go ahead and attack us. And again, most of these people are right leaning or full on Trump supporters.
And now that Trump lost, I am even more scared of hate crimes increasing due to frustrated Trump supporters releasing their anger. Has happened today and I just hope it doesn't get worse.
These issues exist. They do. COVID exists. It's real and I know friends and family who died from it. A mother who has left behind her two young children. A brother leaving behind his brother and kids. My own father barely made it through.
Just because racism and COVID and poverty are issues that you never encountered doesn't mean they don't exist. And that is exactly what Trump supporters and the right do - they pretend it doesn't exist. They choose to ignore it.
@8:27 pm
Well said. So sorry that you have had these experiences. There are so many ignorant people in the world and many are even proud of being mean spirited. Fyi, if you and I worked together i would have stood right by your side. I can't stand bullies. Stay strong. This land is your land and this land is my land.
@ Reno
People CHOOSE to ignore it until it's at their doorstep and then it's an emergency, and they expect the abused to automatically forgive and forget. S%^t isn't real to some people until it effects them personally. That's when it becomes kumbaya time. Stay safe. Keep your head up. Be proud of your ethnicity heritage religion etc. I agree, the trolls are going to be out and about. They better make sure they don't troll the wrong pepole.
all those "fraudulent" ballots didn't win the Dems the Senate or state houses. What a screwup - if you are going to cheat, cheat all the way.
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