Science Teacher at Mann UCLA Community School in South LA |Community School Advocate | Teacher Research Fellow | Climate Change Educator
Los Angeles, CA
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Darlene Tieu retweeted
Respectfully, strikes are 🔑 (&last resort) for systemic change so students don’t suffer bc the education system is broken. As an LAUSD teacher myself, I know this won’t fix it all, but so far LAUSD has only brought band aid solutions that will only perpetuate a broken system.
LAUSD is contributing to the poverty and unhoused in LA unless they step up and invest the $5 billion they have in reserves now!
I’m excited for a new school year. I always get really hopeful for all the awesome science I get to do with my students. Support our classroom’s wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3N…
Darlene Tieu retweeted
To ask teachers to be on the front line of mass shootings, the front line of a pandemic, and the front line of the struggle against inequality all while underpaying them and systematically underfunding the education system is both cruel and a recipe for societal collapse.
#HappyTeacherAppreciationWeek – at Los Angeles, CA
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LAUSD reopening schools is something that I've been looking forward to for a year now. The reality of it is a bit more complicated than that. I appreciate @kystokes for taking the time to hear me out and understand it from my students' POV. #LAUSD #mannuclacs – at Los Angeles, CA
"When there is another outbreak of #COVID19, it will again disproportionately affect #Black & #Latinx communities."
#LAUSD parents grapple with choice to send kids back to campuses. In the hardest-hit neighborhoods, many say they won't. laist.com/2021/03/12/coronav… #schoolreopening
LOL the windows in my classroom only open 2 inches wide and my school was built sometime in the 1930's 🙃 #sendhelp – at Los Angeles, CA
The CDC is urging schools to reopen as soon as possible, but questions of proper ventilation remain.
The New York Times worked with experts to understand the simple steps schools can take to reduce coronavirus exposure in the classroom. nyti.ms/3b2bmzt
Example #648373528 of systemic racism reaching every corner of our society. – at Los Angeles, CA
While we're critiquing buzzwords being thrown at teachers this year, can we also do away with State testing? How can any bit of the data be useful this year? You're gonna get a measure of which students had good WiFi and no other responsibilities besides being a student. – at Los Angeles, CA
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Darlene Tieu retweeted
As we watch Trumpers storm the capital with guns. Just a reminder, this is what America did to Native protesting for clean water.
This semester, grades are a measure of access to Internet and tech, not of learning or mastery. Access is also more than just having a device and connection BTW. We're trying our best to teach and grade but nobody is an expert on how to do this effectively. – at Los Angeles, CA
Who am I to punish a student for having to babysit younger siblings and cousins, for having working class parents who can't help with schoolwork (same people who go into work so society is OPEN), or for living in an area with WiFi outages, etc. #yallneedtochill
As someone whose childhood home is technically in Santa Ana, grew up hanging out in Westminster/Garden Grove, and went to high school in Fountain Valley...this map checks out. – at California, USA
There are like 7,000 tiny stories waiting to be written about Orange County here latimes.com/projects/trump-b…
One of my issues with being a tired and overworked teacher is that I feel like I'm always treading water with lesson planning, grading, etc. The students most affected by this are those with IEPs, the ELs, and the GATE students. 😩 – at California, USA
To the #parentsofLAUSD from a #teacherinLAUSD: more hours≠more learning. I'm worried for the health and well-being of our students and teachers. – at California, USA
