Patrick Jenkins

My word for 2021 is accountable. To bring about change, we need accountability across the board - in every system. Let's start by holding the people who attempted a coup, and the law enforcement officials who aided them accountable for their actions yesterday.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers reportedly had a text thread competing to pull over the most Black drivers, while using racial slurs in discussions about force against Black residents. More than half a dozen officers have reportedly been recommended for termination or quit. A badge should NEVER be a license for discrimination! These allegations call into question traffic stops and use-of-force incidents involving these officers!

Dolly Parton somehow stayed 25 for 55 years, built an empire in rhinestones, loved God without weaponizing it, welcomed everybody, gave back endlessly and made being kind look powerful. ❤️ Ultra feminine. Business savvy. Inclusive. Faithful. Funny. Generous. Completely Dolly. There will NEVER be another one. Rest beautifully, Dolly. 🕊️💎

The union and @NYCSchools NEVER asked for input from the experts in the classroom — educators — in implementing any of this. Meanwhile, the @UFT jumped on board and monetized it through their Teacher Centers. Too late, Mr. Mulgrew, you’re as responsible.

New York City spends about $36,000 per public school student, more than double the national average of $17,619. Yet nearly half of the city’s public schools can’t get a majority of students to pass standardized math and reading tests, according to a devastating new report from the Success Academy charter school network. The academy’s founder and CEO, former New York City Council education committee chair Eva Moskowitz, is billing the report as “profoundly shocking” and “the most complete accounting of school failure in New York City ever assembled.” @IraStoll writes: “At 35 pages, with an additional 11 appendices, it tells the grim story of how 409,379 public school students, 43 percent of the city’s total, are in failing schools.”