Talk Out of School

Mayor Eric Adams Indicted by Federal Grand Jury - The City

Mayor Eric Adams faces federal indictment hours after naming new schools chancellor - Chalkbeat NY

NYC schools Chancellor David Banks announces he’s retiring amid federal investigations - Chalkbeat NY

Melissa Aviles-Ramos, NYC’s next schools chancellor, says she’ll have Mayor Adams’ back - Chalkbeat NY

amNYC, Education advocates blast DOE for having ‘no plan’ for smaller class sizes; https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-education-advoactes-doe-plan-class-sizes/

NYC Public School Parents, More evidence in the just-released Mayor's Management Report that DOE has no real class size plan https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2024/09/more-evidence-in-just-released-mayors.html

ChalkbeatNY, AI’s new role in NYC schools? Chancellor Banks teases personalized learning and college counseling; https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/17/david-banks-ai-state-of-our-schools-2024

Chancellor David C. Banks 2024 - State of our Schools Remarks; https://www.is281.com/apps/news/article/1967361

New Republic, David Banks’s Dystopian Vision for NY Public Schools; https://newrepublic.com/article/185958/ai-classroom-new-york-david-banks
Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, Privacy concerns with NYC student use of Teenspace online counseling service; https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/

Daily News, Advocates raise alarm about privacy with NYC’s teen mental telehealth service https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/

Chalkbeat, Data privacy advocates raise alarm over NYC’s free teen teletherapy program; https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/10/privacy-advocates-raise-concerns-free-teletherapy-teens-data/

State Scoop, Privacy advocates are concerned by NYC’s online teen counseling service; https://statescoop.com/privacy-advocates-nyc-teen-counseling-talkspace/

K12 Dive, $26M Talkspace contract with NYC stirs student data privacy concerns; https://www.k12dive.com/news/talkspace-nyc-data-privacy-teenspace/727070/
Links to websites AI for Families, NYCLU

AI for Families Substack; https://www.aiforfamilies.com/

New York Civil Liberties Union on privacy; https://www.nyclu.org/issues/protecting-privacy-autonomy/privacy

The City, Adams Family Values: A Guide to the Kin and Friends New York City’s Mayor Relies On;
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/12/eric-adams-family-nypd-connections-fbi-investigation-banks-caban/

AP, A tech company hired a top NYC official’s brother. A private meeting and $1.4M in contracts followed
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-federal-investigation-banks-b2369819ff7ccd4e630899eb08538bae?ref=biztoc.com\

Daily News, Firm doing business with NYC met with Schools Chancellor David Banks after hiring brother Terence
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/13/firm-doing-business-with-nyc-met-with-schools-chancellor-david-banks-after-hiring-brother-terence-banks-fbi-probe/

The City, A Tech Firm Ditched a Power Lobbyist — and Called on the Schools Chancellor’s Brother
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/09/terence-banks-saferwatch-corey-johnson-david-phil/

NY Post, NYC school chancellor’s brother bragged about political connections — but scrubbed his website after FBI raid of Adams’ aides
https://nypost.com/2024/09/08/us-news/school-chancellors-brother-bragged-about-political-connections-but-scrubbed-his-website-after-federal-raid/

NY Post, NYC Schools Big Gets Off Easy in Chicken Bribe Case
https://nypost.com/2024/09/09/us-news/nyc-schools-big-eric-goldstein-gets-off-easy-in-chicken-bribe-case/

NY Post, NYC Educrats Took Own Kids to Magic Kingdom on Trips Meant for Homeless Students
https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/what-happens-in-disney-stays-in-disney-nyc-educrats-took-own-kids-to-magic-kingdom-on-trips-meant-for-homeless-students/

Special Commissioner of Investigation for the NYC School District, DOE Students in Temporary Housing (“STH”) Regional Manager and Others Brought Family Members on DOE-funded Out-of-Town Trips Meant for Homeless Students.
https://nycsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20191844_Redacted.pdf

Chalkbeat, NYC new education board chair pick is same as old chair, despite effort to distance role from mayor
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/14/mayor-eric-adams-picks-gregory-faulkner-for-panel-for-educational-policy-chair/

NY Post, Eric Adams fails to name third trustee to oversee billions of dollars in NYC school construction
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/eric-adams-fails-to-name-nyc-trustee-to-oversee-billions-of-dollars-in-school-construction/

NY Post, Almost 50% of NYC teachers don’t trust embattled DOE Chancellor David Banks: survey
https://nypost.com/2024/09/14/us-news/almost-50-of-nyc-school-teachers-dont-trust-embattled-doe-chancellor-david-banks-report/

Letter to Mayor, Chancellor & NYC Health Commissioner regarding privacy concerns with Teenspace mental health services https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/

State Scoop, Privacy advocates are concerned by NYC’s online teen counseling service
https://statescoop.com/privacy-advocates-nyc-teen-counseling-talkspace/

Chalkbeat, Data privacy advocates raise alarm over NYC’s free teen teletherapy program
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/10/privacy-advocates-raise-concerns-free-teletherapy-teens-data/

Daily News, Advocates raise alarm about privacy with NYC’s teen mental telehealth service
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/10/advocates-raise-alarm-about-privacy-with-nycs-teen-mental-telehealth-service/

Talkspace Lawsuit Claims Therapy Website Secretly Shares User Data with TikTok
https://www.classaction.org/news/talkspace-lawsuit-claims-therapy-website-secretly-shares-user-data-with-tiktok

NY Post, Parents, educators beg NYC to allow shorter days for tots starting 3-K, pre-K: ‘Cruel and abusive’ https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/us-news/parents-educators-beg-nyc-to-allow-shorter-days-for-tots-starting-3-k-pre-k-cruel-and-abusive/

Daily News, Mayor Adams backs off proposed NYC school cellphone ban for now www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/27/mayor-adams-backs-off-proposed-nyc-school-cellphone-ban-for-now/

NY Post , Adams fails to name trustee to oversee billions in school construction https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/eric-adams-fails-to-name-nyc-trustee-to-oversee-billions-of-dollars-in-school-construction

Atlantic, Urban Family Exodus a warning for progressives, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/the-urban-family-exodus-is-a-warning-for-progressives/679350/

Mayor Adams, City Council Announce Historic 10-Point Plan to Make High-Quality Child Care More Affordable, Accessible for all New Yorkers https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/668-24/mayor-adams-city-council-historic-10-point-plan-make-high-quality-child-care-more

amNew York_Mayor, Council hit reset on NYC’s free pre-K and preschool programs, advocates say plan lacks details https://www.amny.com/news/mayor-council-pre-k-programs-reset-preschool/

PreK/3K Creative Curriculum school day schedule https://teachingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Article_Planning-How-You-Spend-Your-Time_English.pdf

Extended day schedule https://www.nj.gov/education/earlychildhood/preschool/docs/CCSchedule.pdf

Data to be collected and uploaded for each preK child 3-4 times per year

Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse, The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fourth Edition, was found to have no discernible effects on oral language, print knowledge, phonological processing, or math for preschool children. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/InterventionReport/512

Second  City Teachers - Jim Vail

New AFT Pension Report Calls Out Private Equity Firms’ Labor Practices

Fighting The Harmful Impacts Of Private Equity On Our Economy, Public Pension Funds And Healthcare System

Class Size Matters, Letter to NY State Education Commissioner about lack of detail and lax timetable in NYC School Capital Plan https://classsizematters.org/nycs-updated-school-capital-plan-lax-timetable-no-specifics-for-how-they-will-meet-the-mandate-for-class-size-reduction/

Washington Post, Governor Tim Walz record on Education https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/08/harris-vp-walz-education-agriculture/

Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Legislature passes higher ed bill that includes free college tuition program https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-legislature-passes-higher-ed-bill-that-includes-free-college-tuition-program/600273891  

Education Minnesota, Walz signs historic labor and education bills into law https://educationminnesota.org/news/press-release/walz-signs-historic-labor-and-education-bills-into-law/

NY Times, High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/education/23education.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE4.m-QW.3MZBf7vaH9bn&smid=em-share

Advocates for Children, Education programs restored, July 2024 https://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Education-cuts-restored-from-AFC-7.24.pdf?time=1723490981  

NY Daily News, NYC starts applying for more preschool special ed classes after delay sparks alarm https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/08/nyc-starts-applying-for-more-preschool-special-ed-classes-after-delay-sparks-alarm/?share=myttrwecesaslykyrywa

Second City Teachers

NYC Retirees

Copay and Mayor Adams update - NYC Retirees Youtube

Daily News, Travel restrictions on NYC students to ease as MTA replaces student MetroCards with OMNY, https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/25/nyc-to-replace-student-metrocards-with-omny-expand-time-and-free-trips/?share=rrccxrhn2mecnhstpiwe

NY Times, New York Bans Realistic Active Shooter Drills in Schools, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/nyregion/school-lockdown-drills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.900.2RUw.gLW2OkUE-W0T&smid=url-share

Class Size Matters letter urging NYSED Commissioner Rosa to require that DOE produce a real class size plan
https://classsizematters.org/letter-to-commissioner-rosa-please-require-doe-to-produce-implement-a-real-class-size-plan-now/

Press release: https://classsizematters.org/class-size-matters-urges-commissioner-rosa-to-require-nyc-doe-to-revise-and-fundamentally-improve-their-class-size-plan/

Politico, Advocates for lower class sizes demanding new plan from City Hall https://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Politico-article-7.22.24.pdf

Daily News, Advocates ask state education commissioner to intervene in NYC’s class size plan
https://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ELC-letter-to-Commissioner-Rosa-re-NYC-class-size-plan-7.22.24.pdf

deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog, Project 2025: Politicking for Jesus
https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/project-2025-politicking-for-jesus/

Chalkbeat, As Kamala Harris ascends to Democratic presidential frontrunner, get to know her education record
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/07/22/democratic-presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-on-education-and-schools/

Hechinger Report, How could Project 2025 change education?
https://hechingerreport.org/how-could-project-2025-change-education/

Center for American Progress, Project 2025’s Elimination of Title I Funding Would Hurt Students and Decimate Teaching Positions in Local Schools
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025s-elimination-of-title-i-funding-would-hurt-students-and-decimate-teaching-positions-in-local-schools/

Remarks by Vice President Harris at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/07/25/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-the-american-federation-of-teachers-88th-national/

The New Republic, The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unity
https://newrepublic.com/article/184151/one-vice-president-ruin-democratic-unity-josh-shapiro

In a letter, grassroots education groups urge VP Harris not to pick Gov. Shapiro as running mate
https://www.witf.org/2024/07/26/in-a-letter-grassroots-education-groups-urge-vp-harris-not-to-pick-gov-shapiro-as-running-mate/

Letter here: https://sosarizona.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Education-Coalition-Letter-Opposing-Shapiro-as-VP.pdf

NPE Project 2025 explainer https://vimeo.com/985171622

School Cellphone Ban Is Critical for ‘Addicted’ Students, NYC Chancellor Says
https://www.edweek.org/technology/school-cellphone-ban-is-critical-for-addicted-students-nyc-chancellor-says/2024/06

NY Students Banned From Using Phones First Hated, Then Loved It
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/new-york-schools-that-banned-mobile-phones-see-student-grades-rise

NYC planning a school cellphone ban for February, principals say
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/07/17/nyc-school-cellphone-ban-could-take-effect-february-2025/

AQE: School funding and Foundation Aid
https://www.aqeny.org/our-campaigns/school-funding-foundation-aid

NYS eyes changes to Foundation Aid Formula
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/16/new-york-state-eyes-changes-to-25-billion-school-aid-formula/

Advocates for Children testimony
https://advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resource/afc-testifies-on-foundation-aid-formula/

Top official overseeing early childhood to exit
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/07/top-official-overseeing-early-childhood-education-to-exit-00167040

NYC paid consultants $350,000 to help right-size preschool programs. The findings remain elusive.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/07/19/accenture-report-nyc-education-preschool-seats-eric-adams/

Akeem Marsh, MD, Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link
https://www.amazon.com/Not-Just-Bad-Kids-Disruptive/dp/0128189541

Chalkbeat New York - Cell phone ban for NYC schools could come ‘within 2 weeks,’ Chancellor David Banks says

Education Week  - School Cellphone Ban Is Critical for ‘Addicted’ Students, NYC Chancellor Says

Joelle Renstrom's website

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What internet addiction does to the brain:

https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000022
 

UNESCO's report covering 14 countries & recommending a cell phone ban in schools: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385723
 

97% of teens use their phones during the school day:

https://www.k12dive.com/news/teen-cell-phone-use-schools/694901/
 

JAMA Pediatrics study about the harms of screen time exposure on infants:

https://www.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869
 

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Joelle Renstrom's essays on phones:

https://aeon.co/essays/can-students-who-are-constantly-on-their-devices-actually-learn  (the essay that established relationship with YONDR)

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-happened-when-i-made-my-students-turn-off-their-phones (essay about the YONDR experiment)

http://theconversation.com/is-secondhand-screen-time-the-new-secondhand-smoking-129500 (an opinion piece in which I call "secondhand screen time" the new secondhand smoking).