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The difference between English, French, American and Russian literature

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Update: New York City again delays in-person learning at public schools

Now, only pre-kindergarten children and students with special learning needs will head into school buildings on Monday, the mayor said at a news conference. Elementary school students will begin Tuesday, Sept. 29. Middle school and high school students will start Oct. 1.

The delay came after leaders of the teachers’ unions contacted de Blasio on Wednesday with “real concerns,” according to the mayor, who oversees a school system that serves more than 1.1 million children.

It appears that Hizzoner the Mayor hadn’t realistically reckoned on the power of the teachers’ unions.

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Report: Open the schools! We need in-person learning in New York City … now

Remote learning was off to a fine crash-and-burn Wednesday, with big problems all across the city. Worse yet, many teachers are determined not to show when in-person schooling resumes in a few days — under any condition. Mayor de Blasio nonetheless vows schools will open Monday. He needs to stand tough.

“The mayor’s reopening plan is not safe,” huffed a teachers-union caucus, the Movement of Rank and File Educators. It blasted the city for “inadequate contact tracing and a lack of transparency” and threatened that teachers wouldn’t return until they’re satisfied — which looks like never.

United Federation of Teachers boss Mike Mulgrew cited a “major staffing challenge.” The city is adding 2,000 teachers, but principals-union head Mark Cannizzaro says 10,000 are needed. Indeed, the hapless Department of Education dropped the news late Tuesday that roughly half the children slated for “blended” learning may have no direct contact with a teacher on days when they’re logged in from home.

It’s a mess. This is a system, after all, run by a race-obsessed chancellor whose hires have left the bureaucracy even more inept than usual.

The full report on this troubling story here.

Teachers Unions reject science

The dog ate homework excuse doesn’t work in virtual classrooms

Report: Don’t Leave Your Children’s Education in Joe Biden’s Hands

From a report at the link below:

There are a multitude of polls showing that voters care about education as much as, if not more than, issues like the economy, healthcare, and crime. But, as much as education has been diversifying and generating new methods of instructing children, it has also become one of the fastest-growing political issues of the modern era.

According to a recent Morning Consult poll, the issue of education has become a pretty big priority across the entire country, and while some of the sub-topics of discussion (re-opening schools, the pros and cons of charter schools, etc.) are up for debate, what’s not up for debate is that virtually all Americans believe that their children’s academic futures need to be in the right hands.

That could end up being good for Democrats, who are generally popular with teachers, but as the party caters more and more to the teachers’ unions rather than the needs of students, as is the case in California, there is the potential for Democrats to lose some other key supporters and, more importantly, for Republicans to pick them up.

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Going back to school can be scary

Demands by Teachers Unions

Shopping for back-to-school clothes

The old Carnegie Library in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The Carnegie Library shown below is located at 235 West 10th Street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was build in 1903 and is on the National Register of Historical Places.

The lower photo shows the rear of the building

As a grammar shool student I spent a lot of time in this library. On the way home from the small SDA grammar school near 14th and Duluth Avenue I would often stop at this library for a reading session where I taught myself enough about the Dewey Decimal System to find the books I wanted.

Mostly I would seek out books relating to American History, pirate stories and mystery novels by A.A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner) and Nero Wolf.

It’s good to see the iconic old library preserved.