#boarding schools and the school to prison pipeline

[itsopiniontime69]

the thing with that is that you would be able to see the struggling schools and pump some more money into them so that teachers would have the resources to bring the kids in poorer areas up to par with kids in wealthier areas

NOPE

I was today years old. That is disgusting.

No Child Left Behind is one of the worst things to ever be incentivized in schools. It was signed into law when I was 14. Reading Rainbow was my show as a kid. LeVar Burton played a big part in why I became an avid reader to date. The joy of it. It's an adventure around the globe and through different time periods without stepping on a plane or time machine.

Children parrot behavior. In grade school, I always wanted to read the same amount of books as my teachers (50 books) and managed to double that each year. Before No Child Left Behind, book fairs and Scholastic catalogs were a serious matter like your grandma's Fingerhut catalogs. Libraries were (and still are) a wonderland.

Reading comprehension and proficiency in schools has been declining for decades. A crisis. The joy of books isn't pushed anymore and I'm always saddened by it. It's one of the reasons why I post my book reviews and recommendations on here, as well as posts from others to encourage reading and (novel) writing. Kids will parrot your behavior while the education system sadly fails to return as that example.

[girl-mercury]

So I just went to go early vote, and before I did that I checked the down ticket races to see what’s on the ballot that I also needed to be aware of, and there were six city council seats, three school board seats, and a constitutional amendment. These are pretty typical types of races for non-presidential years too, so I’ve kind of gotten a sense of what I’m looking for when I check candidates’ websites, since I try to vote in every election.

One thing that comes up again and again in candidates’ platforms is public safety, and how they view police in the context of that.

The school board candidates will talk about school safety, and it’ll mean different things— some candidates mean that they are going to fight for more restrictive gun regulations; others mean they want a resource officer in every corner of the school. If you care about the school-to-prison pipeline, that second option isn’t going to be the person whose safety vision you want.

The city council candidates will talk about community safety, and some will mean more social workers, mental health crisis workers, accountability for law enforcement, violence disrupters, and engaging with community leaders. Others mean increasing the police budget, getting more weapons for police, and funding more training as an answer for abuse. If you care about police violence, prison abolition or reduction, real consequences for officers who hurt people, and helping vulnerable over-policed populations, that second option is not the candidate whose vision of safety you want.

If you were protesting in 2020, if you care about police accountability and defunding, that’s your answer to “well both presidential candidates support Israel”. That’s a different issue and one that we can less directly affect and I don’t want to discuss it in response to this post. But you CAN have a voice in how your community is policed, and your vote can matter a lot at that level. And maybe matters vitally to every person who could lose their freedom or their life because somebody got into office who allows cops to do whatever they want.

So go vote for that person, please.

[brittanyautumn333]

Generation Alpha are the most difficult generation in the history of education

I have attempted to go into education TWICE. When I first started student teaching (2016), I noticed behavioral issues in the 4th graders that I was teaching. I witnessed a 4th grader tell another teacher that she was NOT going to be doing the assigned reading, and if the teacher didn’t like it, she would tell her mom and her mom would have her fired via the school board. Children were noticing power dynamics, even then. Parents would rather have educators lose their livelihood than creating a possible confrontation with their children, over the concept that adults are authority figures worthy of respect. I continued with my education program, but I did not get licensure. Even then, school administrators took the side of parents/students and distributed limited disciplinary actions, citing the school-to-prison pipeline. Even when these students were a PHYSICAL danger to not only well-behaved students, but their teachers as well.

Millennial parents were raised by the overly strict, irrational boomers. They aren’t even realizing that they’re creating the same entitlement within their own children, simply through emotional unavailability and lack of structure. Parenthood is more than cute photos for Facebook and Instagram, and many millennials that I know had children wayyyy before they were ready. Gentle parenting is entirely different than PASSIVE parenting. Difficult conversations, tears, and learning experiences are all a part of childhood. Mind-numbing technology does not make developmental requirements go away. Generation alpha has been stripped of the true opportunity to learn and develop. Learning opportunities have been replaced by mind-numbing technology. These tablets produce the same responses in the brains of these children as DRUGS. That is why they can’t focus on school. Imagine taking a drug away for 8 hours, and being expected to learn more information when you were not even set up for success since being a toddler. The expectations seem unfair to them, understandably. They’re children, and new to many things. Millennial parents do not generally have knowledge on childhood development, and what are developmentally appropriate behaviors vs inappropriate behavior. Your child does not need to see a doctor, YOU need to sit with them and identify their emotional and behavioral patterns. Not every child needs medication, but all children need discipline and structure. That requires uncomfortable emotions, from both parent and child. There are times where you and your child will not be “friends”.

Generation alpha doesn’t retain information because they go home, and are handed a tablet. They have 0 social skills because they do not have many opportunities for socialization. Not even from their parents. Many of their social opportunities are with OTHER kids who also have extensive internet access to inappropriate and mindless content. I know middle school teachers who teach 6th graders on a 1ST GRADE READING LEVEL. No more than 2 parents even show up to parent teacher conferences. Parents are unresponsive via emails and phone calls. These kids are being set up for poverty. Respect, reading comprehension, and following directions are essential for even retail and restaurant careers.

Gen-Z does not use nearly as much technology in parenting. We were the first generation with unrestricted Internet access. We have seen horrible things on the internet. My best friend and I watched someone get beh***ed at 11 years old. We also watched our parents (Gen X) become emotionally unavailable due to technology and social media. Our hobbies, interests, and achievements were reduced to Facebook and Instagram likes. Gen Z understands the importance of QUALITY TIME in parenthood. Gen Z is not having children, because we take it seriously. We understand how hurtful it is to not be heard by our parents. We understand how awful the internet can be. We understand social media’s unfair and unrealistic expectations on the youth.

Charlottesville High School in Charlottesville, VA has had multiple days of classes cancelled due to a teacher walkout. There have been multiple VIOLENT fights that have broken out. A teacher was seriously injured not even 2 weeks ago. A suspension for these students hasn’t even been handed out. We need to protect educators (the very few that we still have) and students who show up willing to learn.

[beardedmrbean]

A father of two young children hopes a lawsuit will lead to more transparency and improve student outcomes in Baltimore's embattled public school system.

"I'm all for funding schools," Jovani Patterson, told Fox News. "However, you don't just keep giving money without investigation on where the money has gone, especially with the amount of corruption and misuse of funds that have taken place for years in Baltimore City."

Patterson and his wife allege the school system misused taxpayer funds, reported ghost students — children not actually enrolled — in order to gain more funding, falsified pupils' records to push failing students through to graduation and more. Their suit names Baltimore City School Board of Commissioners, city council and Mayor Brandon Scott as defendants.

"It's all about power and control," Patterson said of the school system. "There's a lot of money in education."

That's $1.62 billion a year in Baltimore City Public Schools, to be exact. Baltimore has the fourth-highest funded large school system in the nation, behind only New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. Charm City's school budget increased 16% this school year, according to the city.

All that money — approximately $21,600 per student — isn't adding up to better outcomes. Baltimore had the lowest graduation rate across Maryland during the last school year. At one high school, 77% of students read at an elementary or kindergarten level.

And in February, FOX45's Project Baltimore broke the news that 23 schools had zero students score proficient on a state math exam. The state then removed the data and re-uploaded a heavily-redacted version.

"I think that they're trying to hide that the public school system is in worse shape than we thought," a whistleblower who previously worked in the Maryland State Department of Education told Project Baltimore.

Patterson agreed, telling Fox News "there's clearly a cover-up going on here."

"There's clearly things that we see that they don't want the people of the public to know when it comes to educating our kids," he said.

The question is simple for Patterson: Should Baltimore City students receive a good education?

"If you believe the answer to that is yes, then you should be joined in with this lawsuit as well," he said.

Baltimore's education woes are uniting people across the political spectrum. Patterson made an unsuccessful bid for city council president as a Republican in 2020. But prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined his lawsuit.

"If you don’t get a quality education, often times you find yourself a victim of the school-to-prison pipeline," Crump told FOX45. "Hopefully, with this lawsuit, we can get it right and that way it can help make – not just Baltimore better – but it can help make cities across America better."

A spokesperson for Baltimore City Public Schools called the Pattersons’ lawsuit "meritless because it fails to identify a current controversy justifying judicial intervention" in an email to Fox News.

"Even if the plaintiffs’ lawsuit identified current concerns with City School policies or procedures, there is a robust local, state, and federal infrastructure to handle these types of issues," the spokesperson continued, adding that "City Schools stands ready to demonstrate our steadfast commitment to providing a quality education to all students."

The legal process could drag on for years, according to Patterson's attorney. A judge allowed the case to move into the discovery and deposition phase late last year after denying the city and school system's request to dismiss the suit.

But Patterson said he's in it for the long haul.

"Someone has to stay and fight," he said. "I met my wife here, [had] both of my kids here, I was born here, bought my first house here. I planted my flag. So I'm going to fight as long and as hard as I can."

To see the full interview with Patterson, click here.

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Friendly reminder to my US mutuals to register to vote.

Many states require voter registration 15-30 days before Election Day (see a list of deadlines here by state) so take 5 minutes to register to vote before the end of this month!

While you’re at it, out Vote.org to check your voter registration status, find your polling place, get a sample ballot, request an absentee ballot, and more.

I know this post sounds like a bot so a personal story about voting- your vote does matter. I once worked on a school board race where the race was decided by 47 votes. 47. The following year that school board banned out of school suspension for PreK-2nd grade and dedicated $50 million of their budget to reform school discipline (helping break -or at least trying to- the school to prison pipeline). Because of those 47 people who voted, thousands of students had legal protections they did not have before and thousand of students continue to have those protections today.

Anyway. All this to say. It’s easy to feel like your vote doesn’t matter when thinking about “the big stuff” but on the local level I promise you, your voter matters. Don’t let the bigots win. Go vote.

[freeworldallahmbaclass]

Run the plays part of me being a team Leader Joe Montana and An American Hero myself as Tom Brady I get to run plays that help society crazy job but I love doing the job it helps make society much better I love that I'm a super hero and own an Incubator on me being Batman and Superman a Super Hero is really about me building infrastructure for society that is my day job . Good Role model please model yourself after Barack Obama in this book please read this book and model yourself after Barack Obama and we will have a nation of young leaders .

Shedding light on Rikers Island Computer tablets program

Suggestions for Rykers Island tablet programs and NYS DOC tablet program for all buildings on Rikers Island including the adolescent population to help stop gang violence and giving the kids a chance to create a better future for themselves not the pipeline from the streets and back to jail over and over and again and over again , not kick that give them the option of going legit like crime is their for their choosing or they get pushed into it , then push them into legitimacy give them the option through the tablet programs on it to learn how to do research by looking up their case and podcast like how to find your dream job is in there on the tablet along with the radio they could listen to music , call their family and enjoy time on the phone from anywhere in their housing in the facility in the rec room playing board games or on their bed talking to their family and long term solitary confinement inmates should be able to get their tablets and video games handheld systems it is a much better time occupier and it will seriously decrease crime on Rikers Island by over 60 - 70 % if not 100 % percent total annihilation of crime on Rikers Island , you have the greatest substitute for drama and the correction officers getting robbed , slashed and even murdered on Rikers Island what you then have is a hub for learning an Island of learners , readers , researchers , growing and evolving human beings into more decent and civilized wealthy and intelligent men and women that go home and change the world and never return to prison and that is the ultimate goal , but look at the opportunity you have got a chance to turn Rikers to an liberal education and vocational education school a workforce training school you could learn to write resumes , job letters to corporate executives become a mechanic , engineer , electrician , gain your GED and trade skills and job search and job interview from jail and the Correction Officers are the people handing you my tablets they are giving you my tablets to get your life together and get the future you want they are running my program for you while you are in the cradle ( Jail ) and leaving the womb to become a better birthed person so wow that is great we call this the Rikers Island jail tablet and video games program for the inmates on Rikers Island in using all populations and buildings on Rikers Island C - 74 ARDC , C - 95 and all other buildings included from General population to protective custody to long term punitive segregation parts of the jail  .

Vocational programs OSHA 10 - Instructional video on what to do on a construction site .

OSHA 30 - Instructional on what to do on a construction site , private office buildings and government buildings .

Auto mechanics Electrical Plumbing Carpentry CDL manual Building maintenance Taxi delivery Administrative assistant Typing Legal research Drivers manual

General education classes Basic mathematics English classes GED\ Tasc preparation Science Social studies U . S . History classes 

Tablet program for Rikers Island Resume writing classes , cover letters also and Job interviewing simulation on their tablets also podcasts the inmates adult populations and adolescent population get to learn how to write cover letters , resumes and fill out Job applications and use simulation for practicing of Job interviews to better integrate into society with an earned Certificate of relief from all disabilities and prove their rehabilitation on programs they attended while inside of prison to better adjust to the outside world when released from prison and joining the work world in their resume letters and cover letters and job offer letters they will have to explain to employers that they are fully rehabilitated and a changed person that found something constructive to do with their mind and time while in prison .

DOC officially launches new tablet program for all people in custody Dec 13, 2022 — “These tablets will provide valuable and educational services and increase family engagement so people in custody can stay in touch with their families .

What can inmates do on tablets?

Tablets offer specialized content and services for inmates to use during their stay at correctional facilities (where available). The tablets allow your loved ones access to a suite of education and entertainment content, plus the ability to place phone calls, send messages, and get general on-site support.

Laws I put in place with the Mayor of New York City and the Governor of New York City through my incubator program , thank you .

Many states and localities also have their own equal opportunity laws that expand on federal protections related to hiring and interviewing . Here are few examples :

Ban the box laws : Many states have passed laws that prohibit employers from inquiring about an applicants criminal history on a job application or during the initial stages of the hiring process . ( The term " ban the box " refers to the recent campaign against applicants to mark a check box on the job application if they have a criminal record . )

Fair - chance hiring laws : Some states have enacted fair - chance hiring laws that require employers to give candidates the opportunity to explain their criminal history before making a hiring decision .

Salary history bans : Multiple states now have laws that prohibit employers from asking candidates about their salary history . The goal is to stop perpetuating pay gaps for workers who are underpaid .

Drug testing : Now that a number of states have legalized marijuana ( Thanks to me ) . New laws protect applicants from being discriminated against based on the lawful use of marijuana outside of work .

Why care

This looks like a job for the Peace Corps our soldiers in reserves of the Navy , Army and all other military forces and of course the United Nations and World Foode program .

It is issues like this and kids swimming in pools of dirty water in Brazil that make you care and want to something about it and develop programs and hopefully those countries follow suit .

Eat good , I hope the best for Rafah and the men of power their do more than dress nice in a suit and treat their people like royalty . We call each other Kings and Queens in the streets of New York City we say peace King or peace Queen and not hey to that person starving or dying no that is a King or Queen to me and so should they be to you too , tell the city of Rafah I said hello and enjoy the food , thank you that is from me soon to be delivered to them and their city .

I sponsor it the drug and HIV medicine Cabenuva . I sponsor my incubator program and all hospitals on all 7 Continents of this world in every city , town and country even state capitals releasing the cure for cancer all cancers and to give free cancer screening and free cancer treatment for all the types of cancers and stages of cancer treatment to all people no matter their medical insurance coverage , Medicaid and , Medicare and all other insurances or lack thereof included fair treatment for all patients and clients . If I had HIV Aids I would take the medicine be like me and take your medicine so you could grow up healthy and strong like me all things is possible when you believe and have faith and now with Cabenuva we have that cure finally , thank you so much .

I'm the Incubator man nice ring to it , I like it . Being a Superhero is my day job and I love it wherever there is sorrow I'm there to help .

What is the purpose of incubator? An incubator is designed to provide a safe, controlled space for infants to live while their vital organs develop. Unlike a simple bassinet, an incubator provides an environment that can be adjusted to provide the ideal temperature as well as the perfect amount of oxygen, humidity, and light an enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment for the care and protection of premature or unusually small babies an apparatus used to hatch eggs or grow microorganisms under controlled conditions.

What does incubator mean in business? An incubator is a facility designed to nurture and accelerate the growth of new businesses. It typically provides resources such as office space, access to mentors and investors, shared services, and other resources to help entrepreneurs launch their business. What are the two types of incubator?

There are basically two types of incubators available, forced-air and still-air incubators. Forced-air incubators have fans that provide internal air circulation. The capacity of these units may be very large. The still-air incubators are usually small without fans for air circulation Who needs an incubator? Babies who are born too early, before 37 weeks, can have problems such as low birth weight, irregular temperature, and unstable vital signs.

A baby incubator helps control their temperature. They will also be given high-calorie formula and will get the treatment they need for any other issues.

How do incubators make money?

Services provided by incubators include office space, administrative functions, education and mentorship, access to investors and capital, and idea generation. Incubators either charge a fee for their services or take an equity stake in the startup. The period of incubation can last from a few months to several years. Well bro I own my own hospital my own incubator on why I kept it to help and heal people .

I sponsor the release of a cancer treatment for all stages of cancer from stage one cancer to prevent that cancer from spreading to stage 4 cancer we still need the knockout cancer treatment for stage 4 cancer though and I'm watching to see what medical team and university come up with those drugs first that eliminate the cancer at that stage , a cure for stage 1 cancer to stage 4 cancer let us see who win that war a more important war to fight not with guns and knives and killing each other . A lot of people say they are cures for stuff like cancer and HIV AIDS like they gave me the cure for HIV / AIDS Cabenuva and the other drug Demivato to sponsor so they say I found the cure for HIV AIDS I don't have the disease myself but I sponsor it what it is those medical teams or inventors have nobody to sponsor their new drugs that help cure those diseases so I took them on and sponsor it now thank you Cabenuva and the Demivato drug eliminates HIV before spreading into AIDS but you have to take it as prescribed to become undetected for HIV they have my name on it now , I approve it my stamp of approval is on it now so yes it works so take your medication as prescribed so you grow up healthy and strong , I love the cause and yes I love my stamp all over those inventions now if their is a cure for all stages of cancer stage 1 to stage 4 cancer give it to the people that needs it please I sponsor it me and my incubator program my hospital sponsor your drug and I ask all hospitals all over the world to prescribe those medication and cure to all people regardless of their medical insurances or lack of medical insurance that is fair treatment for all people , thank you .

News update good luck to you in life , thank you for letting me help the people . I feel people shouldn't let me be the best Joyce Meyer student their is just my bragging rights they should compete with me on that and see who can be the better Joyce Meyer student their is she is the best isn't she . I love her work it changed my life I read it everyday I make time for it everyday so should you . She got a book on every subject or issues we may be going through and a better way to solve it the problems you are facing the books her books is my instructions and should be yours now on from now on now it is my manual my breath of life and should be yours from now on . She changed the way I think and live now and I'm challenging New Yorkers all New Yorkers to let's see who can apply the principles attitudes and actions and behaviors that Joyce Meyer suggest in her books go for it . I want and wish all New Yorkers will read her books and adjust her content into their lives to make New Yorkers a better place for all us to live in , thank you .

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

For the rest of May, my bestselling solarpunk utopian novel THE LOST CAUSE (2023) is available as a $2.99, DRM-free ebook!

#15yrsago Congress proposes anti-DRM law for cars https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/05/right-repair-law-pro

#15yrsago Bush cronies land jobs charging for advice on not getting eaten by the monsters they created https://web.archive.org/web/20090523162034/https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-05-19-newjobs_N.htm?csp=34

#15yrsago Search Engine podcast is back on TVO https://web.archive.org/web/20090522054021/http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=3&action=blog&subaction=viewPost&post_id=10253&blog_id=81

#10yrsago NSA records every cell phone call in the Bahamas https://web.archive.org/web/20140519224819/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean-nsa-recording-every-cell-phone-call-bahamas/

#10yrsago U of Saskatchewan fires tenured dean for speaking out against cuts https://artssquared.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/canadas-academics-invited-to-sign-on-to-open-letter-to-university-of-saskatchewan-board-chair-ms-susan-milburn/

#10yrsago Nutritionists’ professional events catered by McD’s, sponsored by High Fructose Corn Syrup https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/my-trip-mcdonalds-sponsored-nutritionist-convention/

#5yrsago Bernie Sanders’ “Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education” will desegregate schools, defund charters, pay teachers, end the school-to-prison pipeline https://berniesanders.com/issues/reinvest-in-public-education/

#5yrsago Judge recuses himself from health insurance cancer-denial case because he considers the company “immoral” and “barbaric” https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/16/health/judge-proton-beam-therapy-recusal-unitedhealthcare/index.html

#5yrsago Wil Wheaton’s “Dead Trees Give No Shelter”: terrifying tale, beautifully told https://wilwheaton.net/2017/04/dead-trees-give-no-shelter-audiobook/

#1yrago Venture predation https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fake-it-till-you-make-it/#millennial-lifestyle-subsidy

[thxnews]

UK Tool's Potential in US Youth Justice

The Suffolk Youth Justice Service in the UK has seen transformative results with its adoption of the Youth Justice Board's new Prevention and Diversion Assessment Tool, designed to prioritize children's needs within the justice system. As discussions about youth justice reform continue across the pond, could a similar tool find success in the United States, addressing deep-rooted challenges like racial disparities and the school-to-prison pipeline? Consequently, exploring the potential of such a tool offers a promising avenue for mitigating these complex issues and promoting equitable outcomes within the US juvenile justice system.  

Aligning with US Youth Justice Priorities

The "Child First" philosophy central to the UK's assessment tool resonates strongly with current trends in US youth justice reform. Moreover, these trends increasingly advocate for a rehabilitative, trauma-informed approach. This alignment suggests that the principles underlying the UK tool could be well received by US stakeholders eager for methods that prioritize the well-being and rehabilitation of youth over punitive measures.   Customization to the American Context For the tool to work in the US, it would need significant adaptation to fit the diverse legal and operational landscapes of state and local jurisdictions. Consequently, each area's unique challenges and existing infrastructure would dictate how the tool could be integrated and the extent of customization required. This underscores the necessity for guidance and support mechanisms that were crucial in the UK, provided by the Youth Justice Board, to find a counterpart in the US—possibly a federal agency or a coalition of state agencies committed to juvenile justice reform.  

Addressing National Issues

The US faces specific systemic challenges in youth justice, such as pronounced racial and ethnic disparities and a notable school-to-prison pipeline. A well-adapted version of the UK's tool could play a significant role in addressing these issues. By focusing assessments on the individual needs of the youth and facilitating their connection to community-based services, the tool could help reduce recidivism and improve long-term outcomes for at-risk youth.   Evidence-Building and Evaluation To garner widespread acceptance and implementation across the US, rigorous evaluation of the tool's effectiveness within the American context would be essential. Consequently, this would involve detailed studies to track the outcomes of interventions guided by the tool. Moreover, it could benefit from a collaborative approach between US and UK authorities to share best practices and success metrics.  

Comparative Perspective: Existing Tools in the US

While the US already utilizes various risk assessment tools in its juvenile justice systems—such as the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) and the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY)—these tools generally focus more on assessing risk than on integrating a child-first approach that aligns interventions with individual developmental needs. The UK's tool, with its comprehensive focus on the child’s broader social, psychological, and educational needs, offers a potentially valuable complement to these existing assessments.   Significance As the US continues to reform its juvenile justice system, integrating tools like the UK's Prevention and Diversion Assessment Tool could be a significant step forward. Such tools not only align with modern rehabilitative ideals but also offer a structured method to make systemic changes that are both compassionate and effective. The journey from pilot programs to wide-scale adoption would be complex and require commitment from multiple stakeholders, but the potential benefits for US youth justice could well justify the effort.   Sources: THX News, Orbis, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, National Library of Medicine, US Department of Homeland Security & OJP. Read the full article

[arcticdementor]

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have quietly gained leadership posts in K-12 education to push anti-capitalist and anti-Israel views on youngsters across the US, according to a parental rights watchdog group. Parents Defending Education, a grassroots organization that backs the “restoration” of non-political schooling, has identified dozens of DSA members who have landed or sought top school board and teachers union positions in at least 15 states — from California to Kentucky and from New York to Texas. “The Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, has long had the goal of using the K-12 system as a way to proselytize to a captive audience of other people’s children,” Parents Defending Education outreach director Erika Sanzi told The Post. “Their anti-Jewish and anti-Israel messages in the K-12 context are not at all new but many more people have become aware of them since October 7th,” she added. “The DSA is poison in schools.”

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Over the past decade, at least 26 DSA members have either won or sought school board posts — and at least six of those have held leadership positions, according to Parents Defending Education, which notes that its list is not “exhaustive.” One such example is in Republican-leaning Suffolk County, where Colin Palmer serves as the board president of the Riverhead Central School District. “[DSA members] advocate for dismantling capitalism, pushing for the Green New Deal, defunding law enforcement, implementing critical race theory, and supporting minors seeking gender surgery without their parents’ consent. Their goal is to push these topics on children as young as 5 years old,” the report says. One DSA member, Milwaukee Public Schools board official Missy Zombor, posted the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” on Oct. 22 of this year, according to a screenshot of her X account included in the report. Over the past decade, at least 26 DSA members have either won or sought school board posts — and at least six of those have held leadership positions, according to Parents Defending Education, which notes that its list is not “exhaustive.” One such example is in Republican-leaning Suffolk County, where Colin Palmer serves as the board president of the Riverhead Central School District. “[DSA members] advocate for dismantling capitalism, pushing for the Green New Deal, defunding law enforcement, implementing critical race theory, and supporting minors seeking gender surgery without their parents’ consent. Their goal is to push these topics on children as young as 5 years old,” the report says. One DSA member, Milwaukee Public Schools board official Missy Zombor, posted the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” on Oct. 22 of this year, according to a screenshot of her X account included in the report.

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Additionally, the report finds at least seven major teachers’ unions that either have some links to or key members who have worked with the DSA. In Colorado, teacher and DSA member Bryan Lindstrom submitted a resolution to the Colorado Education Association, the largest union of educators in the state. The resolution proposed that the CEA affirm “that capitalism requires exploitation of children” and state that the way to “fully address systemic racism (the school-to-prison pipeline), climate change, patriarchy (gender and LGBTQ disparities), education inequality, and income inequality is to dismantle capitalism and replace it with a new, equitable economic system.” The resolution was approved with slightly tweaked language, but still stated that “capitalism inherently exploits children, public schools, land, labor, and resources” and was “in opposition to fully addressing systemic racism … climate change … patriarchy … education inequality and income inequality.”

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In June 2021, Lindstrom ripped conservative uproar over the teaching of critical race theory, calling it “the new Red Scare” and vowing to espouse such teachings in his classroom. “I’m going on record now,” he wrote. “At the end of the day, it’s just my students and me in our classroom and we will be discussing race, class, and gender in my history classes, regardless of what laws and policies people want to pass. Critical race theory is a component of everything I do.”

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In August, during the DSA’s 2023 convention, its governing body greenlit a resolution calling for more DSA candidates to run for school boards.  “The teacher movement is the tip of the spear of a revitalized labor movement and school board races are a clear way to build relationships with teacher unions by showing ourselves to be the strongest fighters for teachers and quality public education for all,” said the resolution, which emphasized backing “trans and queer rights, and to defending democracy” as well as countering “right-wing and neoliberal attacks on public schools.” A DSA spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(@mitigatedchaos)

[gavrannoir]

I just reblogged a Twitter thread which referenced the above article and emphasized how systemic racism leads to this situation wherein poor black kids do not have full access to healthcare (in this case vision care) for a plethora of reasons and the consequences are decreased comprehension in the classroom from not being able to access materials, disengagement from lessons, behavioral issues caused by being unable to participate and falling into boredom, punitive penalization of those behavioral issues, and a reinforcement of the school to prison pipeline that so many Black Americans experience.

I wanted to add (without hopping on that other person’s post) that this is also a prime example of how disability changes due to context. Most people would not consider needing glasses/contacts as a disability because the use of corrective lenses is so ubiquitous, but that ubiquity is dependent upon vision insurance/the ability to pay out of pocket, the ability to go to an eye doctor, and, if you are a child, adults believing you when you say you cannot see. If you need corrective lenses but do not have access to them in the correct prescription you are living with an invisible disability.

Because so many people use corrective lenses, we often forget how circumstance can make them inaccessible. My husband and I are both white and have moved in and out of poverty in our lifetimes. My family immigrated to the US when I was a toddler and only one of my parents had a legal right to earn money in the US while the other was simply allowed to live here. When I was in second grade, I began complaining of being unable to see the board at school. Because I was an obedient child with good grades who had a parent in a PhD program, my teacher moved me to the front of the classroom. My parents didn’t believe me. I was near-sighted, so reading at home was fine; it was just the blackboard which caused issue. The next school year, my parent had moved out of the PhD program into a university adjunct position and our family income skyrocketed (as compared to a TA salary). My other parent still was not allowed to work. My school did hearing and vision testing and I failed the vision test. Faced with this proof of my poor vision, my parents reprimanded me for not telling them I was struggling to see, took me to an optometrist, and got me new glasses. Looking back, I realize that both of my parents, who also wear glasses, had been wearing the same pair they had brought over from the home country for over seven years. Until I needed to go to the eye doctor. Until we had enough money to get new glasses. My parents got new pairs around then too. Similarly, my husband and I have been experiencing lots of gaps in health insurance the past couple of years because of low income and job changes. My husband got his last prescription update two years ago while we were on a state insurance plan so his spare glasses are enormously heavy (he has a high prescription and state insurance doesn’t cover the expensive lenses that can give you a high refractive index with thinner lenses). He runs, and understandably doesn’t like those heavy lenses bobbing around on his face, so he wears contacts. Contact prescriptions, I have learned, are written for a specific brand of contacts rather than just being a prescription that is applied to lenses for any frame, like with glasses. Contacts also need to be thrown out after a certain period of time because they degrade (you may have heard of daily or monthly contacts, this refers to how long they can last without degrading). Your doctor prescribes different brands and longevity based on what your eyes need and who they have a contract with. My husband has dry eyes, so daily contacts are best for him, unfortunately, daily contacts are expensive (because you need more of them) and so his last prescription was for monthly contacts. My husband took precautions to care for them and stretched each pair to two months, because we couldn’t afford to get more that quickly. The last kicker is that vision prescriptions expire in the US so after a certain amount of time you can’t get new corrective lenses until you see a doctor again. This restriction is ostensibly to ensure you have the right prescription, but realistically it means that if you are poor and break your glasses or run out of contacts, you won’t be able to see until you scrounge up enough money to buy more. My husband just refilled his contact prescription a week before its expiration so he’s set for six months to a year before he needs to get a new prescription. I’ve got one pair of glasses with the latest (but at this point probably wrong) prescription. Hopefully my new job’s vision insurance is as good as they claim.

TL;DR It’s disability pride month and perceived disability is predicated on whether your requisite accommodation or assistive device is normalized and accessible.

[stevishabitat]

Also, in regards to local politics, one of the most important things to vote for, specifically to protect queer kids, is school board members.

Any time you have school board spots on the ballot, please check the candidates and see who is most likely to support the rights and protections of school-age kids. Particularly children who are queer, disabled, poor, children of immigrants, or otherwise marginalised.

Kids in public school are some of the most vulnerable in our community and the fight to make sure all kids have access to a safe, high quality, and well-rounded education is never-ending.

Whether it has to do with bathroom access, book bans, bans on sex ed, the use of restraints/isolation, "don't say gay" policies, whitewashed history curriculum, evolution denial, police presence on school grounds, allowing/encouraging teachers to carry guns, the school to prison pipeline, dress codes, gerrymandering of school districts to consolidate resources for wealthy families, desegregation policies, handling of shooter drills, special education resources, English language learning, resources for pregnant teens and teen parents .... the list goes on. All of these are handled, by and large, by the people you vote for in your state, city, and school board elections.

My dear lgbt+ kids, 

A few quick reminders: 

If you are a human being, then yes, politics do affect you personally. Laws and policies impact your daily life in ways you might not even realize, from health care and education to jobs and the environment. Voting is your chance to shape the world you live in day to day.

You most likely won't find a "perfect" candidate on the ballot. It’s rare, if not impossible, to agree with a candidate 100%. Vote for the one who best represents your priorities in general.

Avoid throwing away your vote. Writing in someone who isn’t running (like a celebrity or fictional character) doesn’t actually send a message to candidates. It just makes it harder for your voice to be heard. Use your vote for someone who’s truly in the race.

The "big revolution" that fixes everything might be a nice fantasy, but change happens through small steps. Voting won’t solve everything right away, but it’s a powerful tool for moving the needle in the right direction. Progress, even if gradual, adds up over time. Fantasies are just.. well, fantasies.

Many places offer early voting or absentee ballots. If you can’t make it on election day, look into these options to ensure your vote gets counted. 

If people tell you you can’t vote for whatever reason, double-check that info. Do your own research. Sometimes people have bad intentions or are simply misinformed. 

Voting is private. Your parents, partner, caretakers etc. may be able to check IF you vote but no one needs to know WHO you vote for if you don’t feel safe or comfortable with them knowing. Your ballot will be secret and protected. You have a right to keep the secret. Always remember: Lying for safety is okay. 

Last but not least: You know who will vote? Nazis. Fascists. People who hate queer people, women, immigrants and people of color. People who want to take away your rights, even people who want to see you in jail or dead. They will absolutely go out and vote for their preferred candidate, even if you stay home and refuse to vote. You throwing away your voice as a “protest” will only make theirs louder.

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Dad 

[rosarenn]

This is the oppressor's language, yet I need it to talk to you.

Adrienne Rich, "The Burning of Paper Instead of Children"

via Boarding Schools and the School to Prison Pipeline web project

[irishgop]

And we did not know that all that anti-government propaganda, all that over the top moaning and pissing about government regulations and all the “save the unborn babies”by banning abortion was to mobilize conservatives because the IRS wanted to deny tax exempt status to the “Christian Schools” set up so white kids wouldn’t have to go to school with black children in integrated public schools, and smart consultants said Americans will support saving “unborn babies” but not overt racism.

So now Trump judiciary has freed the babies to die with their mothers either in preterm or delivery medical trauma or slowly over a lifetime of depravation. Meantime, Christian Schools weren’t sufficient to the task of racial segregation, so now wide spread home schooling and cooperatives have secured the confinement of black, and poor immigrant or refugee children to under resourced schools that serve as a pipeline to prison for males, and maternity, prostitution or abuse for females.

Shut this sh_t down now! Vote Blue from Harris-Biden at the top of the ticket to Board of Education, City Council and Mayor.

[freeworldallahmbaclass]

I got this book Fat Joe you gotta get it Fat Joe Memoir the book of Jose with him as the Author with Shaheem Reid hot so far instant classic, and give it up a round of applause I mean for Fat Joe for over 20 years 2 decades going on 3 decades Fat Joe has been visiting Rikers Island trying to talk some sense in the inmates out there on Rikers Island how do I know because I was one of those kids he came to visit on Rikers Island in the auditorium he was telling us to stay out of Jail I was 16 years old at the time and here was Fat Joe Mr Don Cartagena the rapper dropping Jewels to us an audience full of kids on the dangers of the streets and how to stay out of jail so in honor of him and Salt from the female group Salt and Pepa I present you with my Rikers Island tablet program law proposal for the betterment of the prison population on Rikers Island and hopefully other jails follow through with my plans for the betterment of their Jail and counties .

Rikers Island computer tablets and Docs inmate computer tablet program this is for nationwide .

Rykers Island tablet programs and NYS DOC tablet program for all buildings on Rikers Island including the adolescent population to help stop gang violence and giving the kids a chance to create a better future for themselves not the pipeline from the streets and back to jail over and over and again and over again , not kick that give them the option of going legit like crime is their for their choosing or they get pushed into it , then push them into legitimacy give them the option through the tablet programs on it to learn how to do research by looking up their case and podcast like how to find your dream job is in there on the tablet along with the radio they could listen to music , call their family and enjoy time on the phone from anywhere in their housing in the facility in the rec room playing board games or on their bed talking to their family and long term solitary confinement inmates should be able to get their tablets and video games handheld systems it is a much better time occupier and it will seriously decrease crime on Rikers Island by over 60 - 70 % if not 100 % percent total annihilation of crime on Rikers Island , you have the greatest substitute for drama and the correction officers getting robbed , slashed and even murdered on Rikers Island what you then have is a hub for learning an Island of learners , readers , researchers , growing and evolving human beings into more decent and civilized wealthy and intelligent men and women that go home and change the world and never return to prison and that is the ultimate goal , but look at the opportunity you have got a chance to turn Rikers to an liberal education and vocational education school a workforce training school you could learn to write resumes , job letters to corporate executives become a mechanic , engineer , electrician , gain your GED and trade skills and job search and job interview skills from jail and the Correction Officers are the people handing you my tablets they are giving you my tablets to get your life together and get the future you want they are running my program for you while you are in the cradle ( Jail ) and leaving the womb to become a better birthed person so wow that is great we call this the Rikers Island jail tablet and video games program for the inmates on Rikers Island in using all populations and buildings on Rikers Island C - 74 ARDC , C - 95 and all other buildings included from General population to protective custody to long term punitive segregation parts of the jail .

Vocational programs

OSHA 10 - Instructional video on what to do on a construction site .

OSHA 30 - Instructional on what to do on a construction site , private office buildings and government buildings .

Auto mechanics Electrical

Plumbing

Carpentry

CDL manual

Building maintenance

Taxi delivery

Administrative assistant

Typing

Legal research

Drivers manual

General education classes

Basic mathematics

English classes

GED\ Tasc preparation

Science

Social studies

U . S . History

I mean government funded school in prison with real certified teachers in GED training and High school completion courses as well as College courses for students that is ready for it and all inmates should be able to practice their religion and culture without any retaliation for it because this gets them to change their life to learn love from the heart and a love for a creator whether themselves or a higher power .That they believe it internalizes into their heart and spirit of their character thus changing them righteously making them want to take responsibility for their actions and change their savage and brutal behavior into becoming a more valuable human and contribute something to their immediate family instead of taking from their family they can give something in return whether that be financial with the skills productive skills gained while incarcerated or just being a son to mom or dad or a young father to their children for women it is being a daughter again to her moms and a mom to her young kids teaching them right from wrong she would be happy enough just for being their for their kids raising and teaching them the right things and hopefully they steer them away from the same fate that they suffered and endured .The school programs should include Basic mathematics - addition subtraction multiplication fractions percents and decimals and each operation in each like how to multiply fractions decimals and percents and then instruct them on algebra and the harder subjects after if follow that sequence more students wouldn't lose interest and then drop out but more can gain their GED diploma then steady employment when released from incarceration which ensures employment and not recidivism to prison and their guidance counselor should make sure to remind the inmate that they can receive a certificate of relief from disabilities when released from prison so that they will have no problem getting a license for their chosen field of employment or to get back in school English courses Language art classes Earth science class Social studies class And vocational classes should include : Mechanics for automotives

Carpentry

Janitorial

Maintenance skills

Electrician

Plumbing

AC and refrigeration

I heard prison has so much private investors to build more prisons even celebrities and corporations are getting in on the action so why not turn jail prison into a more revenue generating machine and a school house for societies so called rejects maybe Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls or Corcraft can invest in creating educational programs for students or even students that have been out of school and who wants to return to society a more reformed person who wants to help provide value to society and not be destructive in society this plan is even better for business because it creates job opportunities for teachers / instructors and teacher assistants principals and financial aid granting Pell grants and full financial aid the plans like all my plans is to help boost the economy by creating more businesses and putting more money in the consumers pocket and creating more job opportunities for those consumers it is reciprocal create jobs you create business .

A little help remember how your moms raised you in the projects and how hard she had it as a single mom I was a food stamp baby my mom's raised me in that my pops was military though by the time he got me I was too rotten he should of said , I was gone now I want to give back and help those that is growing up like I did first off love your Mom bro that is your mother and hate the struggle and what is do to her but love mom for giving you her last dollar to make sure that you get what you want in life forget about the kids teasing you about your school clothes your sneakers with holes in it and your clothes from your siblings and love mom she loves you as long as my mom love me I'm okay I can look up at the Sun and smile and say thank you for letting me get my education so that I can give back and save my neighborhoods and my community , thank you and love your mother and father and put Godliness first develop yourself as a young King and Women develop yourself as a Queen and Star because that is who you truly are not what don't got and what poverty and oppression say about us no I mean of you God or Earth like we normally when you from those neighborhoods you have to develop your Godliness and women your righteousness I use Joel Osteen Creflo Dollar Victoria Osteen and Joyce Meyer to develop myself and you should too what is with that you have a lot of undeveloped people calling themselves that God and Earth even Muslim when you took no time to learn the word study God's Word and Meditate on God's word day and night then you show and prove yourself to be a civilized person a good person with ethics and a godly person or a righteous person for the hood when you Muslim you suppose to read the bible and study it walk with it keep it on you and women in your purse a Quran and a Bible and really learn it then you show and prove yourself to be a good person it really don't matter what religion or culture you choose I don't choose or say which religion is better I mean whatever you are keep it whatever religion or culture works for you keep it but make sure you are developing yourself through the word in all the books and make sure it all connects as you as a righteous and good person that transcends your neighborhood the way of this world the ways of your neighborhood and transcend your circumstances and show your self to be Godly like God in all your actions , words , manners and behaviors and not unkind , hateful , vengeful and merciless , not forgiving people and not forgetting bad times , anxiety , worry , depression, stress Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen and Victoria Osteen have books on those subjects using scripture to focus on those subjects like how you not suppose to panic , having anxiety , worry ,depression and even stress read these books make your home a place of learning your city your neighborhood a place of learners like it say in Lamentations , Jeremiah and the book of Isaiah in the bible even Ephesians in the bible it is one of my favorite books in the bible because it cleans you up totally as a person and turn you into a great human a very good human being learning is the best riches ever and you should be aligning yourself with what God say about you and not what people say about you or not what they do because you don't know where there are in their human development you just keep on loving God and building yourself into a better person , kids love your parents do your homework and get help with your school work if you need it if your shy and not so outspoken ask your teacher for that one on one help , thank you and good morning and enjoy your day Affirmation of the day and word to define for today is Values what do you value or place value on in life , goodbye , thanks .

Funny thing I was given New York as the place for me to fix it that was my assignment to renovate it and make it better than it ever was oh yeah I said yes its going to take patience though but I do accomplish whatever my words set out to do I get it done I'm young and I'm confident what I was saying one thing New yorkers lost is hope and joy and enthusiasm for wanting to do good and love each other and pulling together to make our community better neighborhoods better fresher cleaner and very prosperous for all people , I wish the best for all of you and cities like New York in the United states of America my people I love you and wish the best for all New Yorkers and all the ministers from Islam and Christianity reach you and change our community like any other neighborhood the Jewish community , Italian community , white community and even the Asian community let's pull together and grow and develop yourself to your full human potential don't give up and keep fighting the good fight of hope and faith , thank you so much I love you .

Read this book please I'm reading it and I'm like wow wherever have I been and this ain't nothing new I heard , this what all the good people been studying make you want to heed this message and get your life together .

[supersecretnerd]

Wendell & Wild spoilers below: from this article 👁️

[Text ID: "James Hong as a decrepit, corrupt priest who wants to bring the town's Board of Directors back to life to perpetuate the school-to-prison pipeline." End ID]

God this film's plot is gonna be absolutely wild I can't wait

WHAT- so wait if we already know that Father Bests dies early on in the film: does that mean once he finds out that dead people can be reanimated he immediately tries to bring back the town's Board of Directors-

(Also that explains the one article that said something about Father Bests having not well intentions when bringing Kat to his All Catholic School- probably related to the school-to-prison pipeline going on)

[sparksinthenight]

Letter to Mayor to get Police Out of Schools

Send to: https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/mayor/contact-the-mayor and your city councillor

My name is ___________ and I am a ___________ in (ward). I am writing to you to ask that you remove the School Respurce Officers from Edmonton’s schools. SROs are discriminatory, they feed the school-to-prison pipeline, and they make students feel less safe. Programs that actually help students should be instituted instead.

SROs discriminatorily and disproportionately target Black, Indigenous, and poor students. They harass students and sometimes even resort to violence over small, petty matters. This is unfair and creates a hostile and unequal environment for marginalized children, where they cannot learn as well as their white or middle class peers.

The SROs also arrest children, sometimes over petty crimes. This leads the child to be traumatized and often for their life to be ruined. Being in jail at an early age has proven to cause many psychological and behavioural problems in people for the rest of their lives.

Children should never be arrested. Children make mistakes, including some very stupid mistakes. It’s what children do. They will not learn if they get arrested or treated punitively. They will learn if they are taught why their actions are bad and how they can do better.

Programs that help students learn and actually educate them should be funded instead of SROs.

The SRO program is also a huge drain on the school board’s budget, and that money could be better spent on other programs, such as supports for neurodivergent and disabled students, mental health therapists, or programs for students at risk.

The SRO program terrorizes marginalized students and the money can be better used to actually help children learn and grow. Please work to cut the SRO program in all schools.