OldGreyTroll

So now I get to decide if Xtwit is worth $1/year. And my answer is “No.”

“Because he’s following his principles, he is literally now subsisting on bread and water,”

And my first thought was “NOW he has principles?”

Fear the Weapons of Math Instruction!

The whole point of swearing on the bible was to get God to be involved in enforcing the oath. So your disbelief may negate this aspect. On the gripping hand, you also swear in front of a government representative to get the gubmint involved in enforcing the oath. And if it is in their interest to enforce the oath; they will. With guns if necessary.

1 - Tenure just got thrown out.

To implement these reforms, the superintendent is requiring every employee in the 29 schools, from the janitor to the principal, to reapply for their job.

2 - No libraries.

Miles has said that librarians will likely be eliminated—because, in his view, their job consists only of “checking out books,”

3 - Fire Brigade method of staffing.

“He seems to be taking an approach that’s based on the idea of equity, the idea of finding the strongest educators in the entire district and moving them to the campuses that have the greatest number of students with unmet needs.”

4 - Big Brother comes to the classroom. Not mentioned was the additional staffing to watch monitors and “disciplinary enforcers” needed to remove poorly behaving students and watch them in the separate room.

a strict disciplinary regime enforced by cameras in every classroom.