Message from ARISE presidential candidate Olivia Swisher:

Come to today's rally. Support our student who was abducted by ICE
Thank you for being part of our inspiring campaign
We will continue to organize, fight

Watch a real teacher model presidential behavior...

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Rally today - 5PM - 52 Chambers (Tweed)
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Fractions at the Delegate Assembly Some teachers tell kids “fractions are your friends” but in the United States that’s often not the case. We end up with a lot of adults who feel uncertain around them. How many jo…

Can we calculate one half? Easy, right?
How about two-thirds? Harder, but there's a quick trick.

At the United Federation of Teachers Delegate Assembly, good thing someone knew that 2/3rds ≠ 66.5%

Read on:

#UFT #UnitedFederationofTeachers #Fractions #Math #mathematics

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Very nice.
Mine was clumsy, 20%, and 2x14 < 30, so 20+%

strong preference for left to right

80, 160, 168, 177

Who has the experience organizing? Who has the vision? The commitment? ARISE." 🌅

Part of real organizing has to be organizing from the bottom up, starting in our chapters. Empowering members is how we will reshape our schools, how we will effectively engage our communities, how we will take on Trump, and how we will imagine a brighter future for our city.
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To improve our jobs, to improve the experience of school for our students, to improve our relationships in our communities, and to work to make New York City a happier more vibrant place for everyone who lives here - all of this requires real organizing.
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And our mandate should be growth - not of standardized test scores - but of the intellectual and social growth of our students.
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"The people doing the work - teachers, paras, secretaries, therapists, counselors, etc - should have more control over our working conditions, over how our schools are organized and run, over how classes are organized, over what's in curricula, and over what is taught. (continued)

My friend didn't like feeling tricked, but he did me one better.

Take 2 lines (circles) on an ellipsoid, parallel to the plane formed by 2 axes (call them x and y), and add one line (a circle) through the y-z-plane.

Need to play w/the dimensions, but yeah, we could get a square. In fact, 2 squares

In the ratio of 1:1, nothing works.
Ratio 2:1, 49,98 fails, 48,96 works. (48,96) = 48
Ratio 3:1, greatest possible is 33, skip
Ratio 3:2, greatest possible is 33...
Wait, the limiting factor is 100/(max of the 2), so can't do better than 2:1.

Answer is 48.

Get up, get down! NY is a UNION TOWN!

#HandsOff

On Saturday, April 5, we're joining thousands of people in a nationwide day of action to say: Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our public schools. Hands off our Medicare. Hands off our jobs.

Find a #HandsOff event near you & join the fight to #ProtectOurKids: www.mobilize.us/handsoff

The adding left to right? It's true. Since I was a kid. We had two student teachers in 3rd grade, and I remember them calling over my teacher (the cooperating teacher), totally freaked out about me adding backwards

(or was it multiplying? I do that backwards too. Errors happen later, w/less effect)

People want kids to learn arithmetic like me (I'm kind of fast). I tell them I add left to right. Always a pause on that. And then they say "but you know the right way!"

I do. I know the right way. And the wrong way. And my way. And other ways

I have choices. Which is good. And ties their tongues.

Today we remember the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. It happened in Manhattan on Saturday, March 25, 1911, and was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. This tragedy ultimately led to significant labor reforms.

Today we gathered once again to pay tribute to the 146 lives lost in the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in 1911.

More than a century later, it’s crucial to stand together to protect the hard-fought gains of the labor movement, and expand protections to all workers.

This is an earned benefit. Every person who gets Social Security has paid for it. When they close a Social Security office, it’s to make it harder for people to get their Social Security. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

When I was seven I thought 10 was old. At 12 it was 17. The gap definitely got bigger. At some point it definitely stopped growing. And lately theres ‘been a bit of shrinkage.

So if we are going for “constant distance“ my graph probably won’t work. But if we care about “never intersect“ – bingo!

Interview: ‘What will protect public education is UFT members building power’ Middle school art teacher Olivia Swisher is leading a rank-and-file slate that seeks to topple the political machine that has dominated the New York City teachers union for more than six decades.

Interview with NYC art teacher and @AriseUft Presidential Candidate (for #UnitedFederationofTeachers president) Olivia Swisher

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When we stand up and show our courage, it can be contagious! @mauricewfp.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org

Be part of the big day of action to #ProtectOurKids on March 4.

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Me?
110, 17, 127

Can you believe it? The United Federation of Teachers - there will be three candidates for President - and ARISE's candidate, Olivia Swisher, is an actual classroom teacher.

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There really should be some overlap... But none of the good ones are names...

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Protect our children—all our children As educators, we have a responsibility to the kids we teach. As healthcare professionals, we help and heal. As neighbors, friends and community members, we know that America stands for unity and oppor...

As educators, we have a responsibility to the kids we teach.

As healthcare professionals, we help and heal.

As neighbors, friends & community, we know America stands for unity and opportunity for our children.

Tell Congress to urge President Trump: Stop ICE raids in schools & hospitals.

Black history is American history.

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate the achievements, history, and excellence of the Black community. A special thank you to the Black educators leading the way—you inspire, empower, and shape the future. We honor and stand with you today and always.

SHARE: The super-rich keep getting richer while everyday New Yorkers work harder just to keep up. NYSUT’s #ShareOurWealth campaign fights for an economy that works for all of us—not just the wealthy few. It’s time to invest in public goods & working families.

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Protect our children—all our children As educators, we have a responsibility to the kids we teach. As healthcare professionals, we help and heal. As neighbors, friends and community members, we know that America stands for unity and oppor...

You don't have to be one of the thousands of AFT members on our town hall call to send a letter to your members of Congress. They must urge the president to reinstate the protection of schools, hospitals and churches against ICE.

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#protectourchildren