Fun facts

NyC teachers on strike

NYC spent $25,199 per pupil in 2017. Washington D.C. spent $21,974. Hartford, $23,920.

All three cities produce graduates who are neither numerate nor literate. Anyone with compassion would disband this system that has so failed the poorest of children and try something new — charter schools come to mind, or just closing the schools and buying annuities for each kid instead of wasting it on teachers’ salaries — but Democrats aren’t compassionate, they’re union tools.

RELATED: Oakland teachers refuse to return to work despite receiving vaccine priority

School officials on Thursday, were forced to cancel their previously scheduled reopening dates next week at six elementary schools and 10 preschools, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.

After seven months of distance learning, some students were supposed to be able to head back to in-person teaching on Tuesday, as agreed to by the district and unions.

But due to a lack of teachers willing to come back before April 14, high needs pupils, including homeless, foster and special needs students, will not be able to get into classrooms ahead of time, the newspaper reported.