homework hotline phone number ny

Dial-A-Teacher

Official site for the UFT Dial-A-Teacher Program

Have a Question about Homework?

A qualified, licensed classroom teacher is available

Monday – Thursday, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. when school is in session.

Call the Dial-A-Teacher Hotline at

(212) 777-3380

Welcome to dial-a-teacher.

Learn more »

We speak your language

• Haitian-Creole

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. When school is in session

Call the Hotline: (212) 777-3380

• Chapter Leader Hub Overview
• Chapter Leader Update Archives
• Involving your members in legislation and political action
• Using the Chapter Leader Update to expand your chapter newsletter
• Due process and summons
• How to Read a Seniority List
• Our Contract in Action
• Request a school visit
• SBO Guidance
• Training Materials 2022
• Consultation
• Consultation committees
• Inviting guest speakers to chapter meetings
• Roles, rights and responsibilities
• APPR complaint
• Key arbitration awards
• Other types of grievances
• School reorganization grievances
• The grievance procedure
• News for chapter leaders
• Paperwork & operational issues
• Professional conciliation
• Safety and health
• Article 8C of the teachers' contract
• Chapter Leader Hub
• Chapter News
• Chapter Calendar
• Dues Information
• Health Benefits
• Retirement Plans
• About the Chapter
• About The Chapter
• Representatives
• You Should Know
• Chapter Representatives
• Hospital Schools
• Acid neutralization tanks
• Chemical Removal
• Dissection practices
• Duties of the Lab Specialist
• Evaluating lab procedures
• Evaluations
• Fire extinguishers
• Flammable and combustible liquids
• Hours of the lab specialist
• How toxic is toxic?
• Lab safety rules for students
• Mercury removal
• Minimizing hazards
• Purchasing Q&A
• Safety shower Q&A
• Spill control kits
• Using Classrooms
• Hourly Rate
• Leap to Teacher
• Certification
• Re-Start Program
• Newsletters
• Sign up for UFT emails
• School counselor hours
• Contract History
• DOE Payroll Portal H-Bank access
• Protocol For Influenza-like Illness
• Joint Intentions and Commitments
• Article One — Recognition
• Article Two — Fair Practices
• Article Three — Salaries
• Article Four — Pensions
• Article Five — Health and Welfare Fund Benefits
• Article Six — Damage or destruction of property
• Article Seven — Hours
• Article Eight — Seniority
• Article Nine — Paid Leaves
• Article Ten — Unpaid Leaves
• Article Eleven — Safety
• Article Twelve — Excessing, Layoff, Recall and Transfers
• Article Thirteen — Education Reform
• Article Fourteen — Due Process and Review Procedures
• Article Fifteen — Complaint and Grievance Procedures
• Article Sixteen — Discharge Review Procedure
• Article Seventeen — Rules and Regulations
• Article Eighteen — Matters Not Covered
• Article Nineteen — Check-Off
• Article Twenty — Agency Fee Deduction
• Article Twenty One — Conformity to Law - Saving Clause
• Article Twenty Two — No Strike Pledge
• Article Twenty Three — Notice – Legislation Action
• Article Twenty Four — Joint Committee
• Article Twenty Five — Charter Schools
• Article Twenty Six — Duration
• Appendix A — New Continuum Dispute Resolution Memorandum
• Appendix B — Pension Legislation
• Appendix C — False Accusations
• Licensing and per session
• Newsletters & Meeting Notes
• Speech Chapter Lending Library
• Better Speech and Hearing Month
• You Should Know/Key Links
• Speech Memorandums of Agreement
• Our contract
• Salary schedule
• Frequently Asked Questions
• About the ADAPT Network Chapter
• Just for Fun
• UFT Course Catalog
• Birch Family Services Chapter Representatives
• Course Catalog
• About the Block Institute
• Just For Fun
• Why Unionize?
• Join the UFT now!
• Our History
• Informal (legally-exempt) Provider Rights
• Executive Board
• UFT Provider Portal FAQ
• Provider Grant program offerings
• Share with a friend
• Preguntas Frecuentes
• Provider Wellness text messaging
• Retirement Plan
• Bureau of Child Care Borough Offices
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Fire Safety
• Know Your Regs: 10 Common DOH Violations
• Prevent Child Abuse
• Safety Tips
• Information for Parents
• DOH protocol
• Helpful tips to avoid payment problems
• How To Obtain A License
• How to renew a license
• Know Your Regs
• Tax Credit Help for Providers
• Tax Guide For Providers
• What to do if you have a payment problem
• Prescription Drugs
• Chapter news
• Federation of Nurses/UFT Contracts
• Charter Schools
• A Brief History of the Chapter
• Resources for School Security Supervisors
• What is Workers’ Compensation?
• What to Do If You Are Hurt on the Job
• Workers’ Comp Forms for School Security Supervisors
• Join the RTC
• Fifteen benefits of the RTC
• RTC Meeting Minutes
• RTC Newsletters
• Retired Paraprofessionals Support
• Contacts for UFT retirees
• Outreach sections
• UFT Florida
• Pension benefits
• Retiree health benefits
• Day at the University
• Reflections in Poetry and Prose
• Si Beagle Course Corrections
• Si Beagle Learning Center locations
• Si Beagle registration FAQ
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Community Partners
• Events calendar
• At Your School
• In the School System
• Great Outings for Parents and Children
• Making the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Parent Calendar
• Sign up for Emails and Texts
• Advocacy and disability organizations
• Special Education Resources

Dial-A-Teacher

• Be BRAVE Against Bullying
• Sign up for text alerts
• Carbon Free and Healthy Schools
• Dromm Scholarship in Memory of Patricia Filomena
• Gun violence resources for educators
• Research on school shootings
• Fix Tier Six
• Small class size FAQ
• UFT Disaster Relief Fund
• New Member Checklist
• Political Endorsements
• UFT 2024 city legislative priorities
• UFT 2024 state legislative priorities
• UFT Lobby Day
• Contact your representatives
• Art Teachers
• English Language Arts
• Foreign Language Teachers
• Humane Education Committee Board
• Humane Education Committee Newsletters
• A Trip to the Zoo
• Elephants in the Wild and in Captivity
• Humans and the Environment
• Monkeys and Apes
• Pigeons in the City
• Whales and Our World
• Alternatives to Dissection in Biology Education
• Animals Raised on Farms
• Award-Winning Student Projects
• Endangered Animals and the Fur Trade
• High School Students' Attitudes Toward Animals
• Projects in Progress
• Research that Advances Human Health Without Harming Animals
• The Great Apes
• The Study of Natural Insect Populations
• Toxic Substances and Trash in Our Environment
• Viewing of Wildlife in Natural Habitats
• Math Teachers Executive Board
• Committee Chair Bio
• Physical Education
• Social Studies Committee Executive Board
• African Heritage
• Albanian American Heritage
• Asian American Heritage
• Caribbean Committee
• Hellenic American
• Hispanic Affairs
• Charter for Change
• Italian American
• Jewish Heritage
• Muslim Educators
• Applying for a Reasonable Accommodation
• Capably Disabled FAQ
• Capably Disabled Useful Links
• Climate & Environmental Justice
• Divine Nine
• UFT Players Executive Board
• Women's Rights
• UFT student certificates
• Latest news & updates
• UFT programs & services
• AAPI Teaching Resources
• Black History Month
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
• Climate education teaching resources
• Juneteenth Curriculum Resources
• Pride Teaching Resources
• Teaching about race and social justice
• Women's History Curriculum Resources
• World AIDS Day
• Background information
• Educator and community voice
• Supporting all learners
• Class trips
• Funding classroom projects
• Inside My Classroom
• Instructional planning
• Learning Curve
• Linking to Learning
• Google Classroom Tutorials
• Middle school
• High school
• Multilingual learners
• Special education
• Online activity builders
• Teacher To Teacher
• ELL Complaint Form
• Tips for newly-arrived ELLs
• Commonly used terms
• Appeal ineffective rating checklist
• For your records
• Measures of Student Learning
• Measures of Teacher Practice
• Teachers covered by Advance
• The S / U system
• The first 90 days
• Jobs for current members
• Prospective applicants
• Transfer opportunities
• New Teacher To-Do List
• Professional growth
• FAQ on city health plans
• Paraprofessionals
• Functional chapters
• Staying connected
• Your school
• New Teacher Diaries
• New Teacher Profiles
• New Teacher Articles
• Elementary School
• Social Workers
• CTLE requirements
• Course Catalog Terms & Conditions
• Mercy University
• New York Institute of Technology
• Touro University
• Graduate Education Online Learning
• Undergraduate College Courses
• Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect Workshop
• Needs of Children with Autism
• Violence and Prevention Training
• Dignity for All Students
• Introducing Professional Learning
• Designing A Professional Learning Program
• Professional Book Study
• Lesson Study
• School Librarians
• What's New
• Jan/Feb 2024 P-Digest posts
• Mar/Apr 2024 P-Digest posts
• Nov/Dec 2023 P-Digest posts
• Sept/Oct 2023 P-Digest posts
• Chancellor’s Regulations
• DOE Resources
• District 75 Resources
• Federal Laws, Regulations and Policy Guidance
• Amending IEPs
• Copies of IEPs
• Special Education Intervention Teacher
• Initial Planning Conference checklist
• Class composition
• Grievances applicable to ICT and ENL teachers
• Collaboration
• Interim SETSS
• Class ratios & variances
• Service delivery
• Know Your Rights
• Program Preference and Special Ed
• Direct and indirect services
• Minimum and maximum service requirements
• Group size, composition and caseload
• Location of services
• Functional grouping
• Arranging SETSS services
• Interim SETSS services
• District 75 SETSS
• File a complaint online
• Special education teacher certification
• Staffing ratios
• Support services part-time
• Research and best practices
• State laws, regulations & policy guidance
• Student discipline
• Guidance from 2022-23
• Academic & Special Ed Recovery
• Principals Digest items
• Career and Technical Education
• Team High School Resources
• Questions or Concerns
• Around the UFT
• Noteworthy Graduates
• Today's History Lesson
• National Labor & Education News
• Awards & Honors
• Chapter Leader Shoutout
• Member Profiles
• New York Teacher Archive
• Editorial Cartoons
• President's Perspective
• VPerspective
• Press Releases
• RTC Chapter Leader Column
• RTC Information
• RTC Second Act
• RTC Section Spotlight
• RTC Service
• Serving Our Community
• Field Trips
• Linking To Learning
• For Your Information
• Grants, Awards and Freebies
• Know Your Benefits
• Q & A on the issues
• Secure Your Future
• Your well-being
• What: Homework helpline for students, run by classroom teachers
• Where:  Call 212-777-3380
• Who:  Students in kindergarten through 12th grade
• Hours: Monday through Thursday, 4 to 7 p.m. when school is in session
• Languages spoken : Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog
• Subjects available:  English, math, science and social studies

A brief history

The Dial-A-Teacher program began in January of 1980. It was a pilot program in 17 schools in 8 districts. Five teachers were hired to field these questions with one teacher proficient in Spanish. Students throughout the city quickly began to use the program to get help with homework problems that stumped them. By 1986, the program expanded to include all elementary schools in the city through funding by the NYC City Council. The UFT provided a large space where the newly hired staff of 45 teachers could work. Hundreds of texts and reference materials were bought and Dial-A-Teacher was now a world-class source of help for all the elementary students in the city.

As word spread to students that there was a telephone number that they could call to get free help with homework, the number of calls climbed steadily. Students in middle school and high school who were using the Dial-A-Teacher program since the third grade continued to seek this help. Dial-A-Teacher began hiring experts in advanced math and science to field these calls from older students.

The director of the Dial-A-Teacher program is Anthony Harmon. Sean Blanks is the coordinator who assists in the day-to-day administration of the program. The office telephone number is 212-598-9205 . You can use this number to arrange for workshops, to order materials, to schedule classroom visits or to get general information about the program. If you need to speak to the director, call 212-510-6338 .

Another unique component to Dial-A-Teacher is its parent connection. We will continue to offer parent assistance through workshops on a host of topics, including but not limited to:

PTA Presentation  — Gives an overview of Dial-A-Teacher and the services we provide. Resources such as educational websites, expectations of the Common Core Standards and strategies are offered to improve student achievement. Dial-A-Teacher promotional materials are distributed.

Test Taking Tips — Focuses on ways to develop good study habits prior to taking any test. Parents are given an overview of the expectations and concepts including the State Assessment. Parents are offered suggestions of ways they can assist their children to be successful.

Pantry Math  — Crafty interactive activities for parents and children to do together in the kitchen to learn elementary and middle school math. Parents are taught how to use items such as cereal, beans, cups, candy, spaghetti, and other items in the pantry so children can learn math skills/concepts through hands on approach.

Homework: It’s A Family Affair — Focuses on how parents can support children to complete homework assignments and how Dial-A-Teacher can assist them in time of need.

Time  Management —  Concentrates on how parents can support their children to be organized and use time wisely after school to complete assignments. Parents are offered suggestions of schedules and contracts for children.

Reducing Summer Knowledge Loss — Explains why children have summer knowledge loss. Parents are offered fun free activities that they can do with their children during the summer to keep them academically engaged.

The World As Our Classroom — Throughout this workshop parents will understand how easy it is to use every day activities and living experiences as learning opportunities. These activities engage children in the learning process and motivate them to connect with real life and daily living of subjects taught in their classroom.

Parent Teachers Conference — Parents will be offered suggestions on how to discuss their children progress with teachers during these conferences.

Mindfulness — This workshop will be interactive offering suggestions and strategies of how to engage your children in activities dealing with their emotions.

Student Educational Support

You can learn about educational support available for public school students.

Tutoring and Educational Support

Public school students can receive academic assistance and homework help resources.

Available programs vary by school, including private and group tutoring and services provided by Community-Based Early Childhood Centers or CBECCs (formerly known as CBOs or community-based organizations). 

Contact your school.

Get homework help.

Call 311 or 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675) for help.

[12146 M-F: 8A-6P]

Dial-A-Teacher

During the school year, students and parents can receive free homework help from teachers over the phone from Monday to Thursday 4 PM to 7 PM starting in September.

The Dial-A-Teacher service is not available during the summer.

Learn more about Dial-A-Teacher.

Disclaimer:

The City intends to use the data collected from this survey to generally add and improve City services. Survey participation is voluntary. Participants in this survey will not receive further communication from the City with regards to this survey.

 Was this information helpful?   Yes    No

To change the text size on NYC.gov you can use your web browser's settings. Most browsers include functionality to let you increase or decrease the text on a web page. For example, to increase text size using:

In the menu to the right of the address bar, select and set Zoom level. Menu > Zoom > +

In the View menu, select Zoom. View > Zoom > Zoom In

Internet Explorer

In the View menu, select Text Size. View > Text Size > Largest

In the View menu, select Zoom In. View > Zoom In Macintosh Shortcut: Command+

No Web Browser Endorsement

Common browsers are included in this page; mention of a specific browser does not imply endorsement or recommendation.

Homework Hotline

Homework Hotline is a live statewide call-in show where kids receive help with homework problems right on the air. Designed for children in grades four through 12, the programprovides the tools students need to succeed with homework, and supports academic achievement across a variety of New York State Learning Standards. Teachers from Rochester Dial-A-Teacher take the calls and send them to WXXI studios in Rochester, where host teachers, who are experts in subjects across the curriculum, are standing by ready to help kids work through their homework.In addition to providing homework help,  Homework Hotline presents daily thematic segments on health, animals, book reviews, history, environment issues, and people and places in New York State. This season, the series will host special segments on governmental issues in preparation for the upcoming election and an American Graduateseries that focuses on the increased high school dropout rate and America’s efforts to combat this issue. Homework Hotline sends out daily updates and helpful hints for the “Teaser” question on its Facebook page.Statewide funding is provided by NYSUT.Check out Homework Hotline's robust on-demand collection at the its full website:  https://www.homeworkhotline.org

• Join or Recommit Online
• Join PSC RF Field Units
• Retiree Membership
• Request Mailed Member Card
• Update Your Membership Information
• Principal Officers
• Executive Council
• Delegate Assembly
• AFT/NYSUT Delegates
• AAUP Delegates
• Campus Action Teams
• Grievance Counselors and Advisors
• Adjunct Liaison Leadership Program
• Visit Us/Contact Us
• Job Postings
• Constitution
• PSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
• Former Campaigns
• Remote Work Agreement & Impact Bargaining
• Salary Schedules
• Memorandum of Agreement
• Contract Implementation
• FAQs on 2017-2023 contract
• How the Increases in Adjunct Pay Work
• Past CUNY Contracts
• Salary Schedule
• Summer Contract Campaign
• Bargaining Dates and Updates
• Attend a bargaining session
• Bargaining Agenda
• Strategic Action Plan
• What Retirees Need to Know to Make a Decision about their Healthcare
• New Deal for CUNY
• Past Budget Campaigns
• Contribute to VOTE COPE
• Environmental Justice
• Anti-Bullying
• Safe and Healthy Workplaces
• Tell the York Administration to Stop the Cuts!
• Research Foundation Field Units Contract Campaign
• Resources for PSC Chapter Chairs
• Resolutions
• PSC In the News
• This Week in the PSC
• Conference/Convention
• Party/Social
• Rights Under Contract – CUNY
• The Grievance Process
• If You Are Being Disciplined
• Rights Under CUNY Policy
• Rights Under Law
• HEO Rights and Benefits
• CLT Rights and Benefits
• Library Faculty Rights and Benefits
• Academic Freedom
• Health and Safety
• Part-Timer Rights & Benefits
• Rights Under Contract – RF
• Full-timer Health Benefits
• Part-timer Health Benefits
• Doctoral Employees Health Benefits
• Retiree Health Benefits
• RF Health Benefits
• Cobra Subsidy
• Welfare Fund Benefits
• Part-time Liaisons
• Resources for Laid-Off Adjuncts
• Brochures on Part-Timer Rights
• Professional Development
• Adjunct Pay Dates
• FAQ about Unemployment Insurance for Adjuncts
• Annual Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Family Leave
• Reassigned Time
• Travia Leave
• Other Professional Leaves
• Adjunct-CET Professional Development Fund
• HEO-CLT Professional Development Fund
• PSC-CUNY Research Award Program
• Check Your Pension Contributions
• Thinking About Retirement
• Phased Retirement
• Full-Timer Pension Benefits
• Part-Timer Pension Benefits
• October 2022 Pre-Retirement Conference
• From the AFT
• From the PSC
• Current Clarion

Become a Member

News & Events

Homework Hotline

Apr 13, 2020

Dear Colleagues,

The PSC is teaming up with the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the union representing 42,000 nurses in New York, to create the Homework Hotline-an initiative to provide academic support to the children of nurses while their parents are risking their lives to keep other New Yorkers safe. I am writing to invite you to participate by volunteering an hour or two a week to be available to help the children of nurses with their classes or homework.

Many of us have been looking for ways to support frontline workers, especially healthcare workers, in this terrible epidemic. One thing we can do is volunteer some time for their children, who have had to cope with distance learning and parents working long and grueling shifts in hospitals. I feel grateful for the opportunity to have something to offer, even if it’s small, to those who are offering so much.

If you can volunteer an hour or two a week, sign up here and specify the time you are available and the subject in which you are qualified to offer academic help. The subject areas have been kept broad because we anticipate that most of the students requesting help will be in elementary or secondary school. For now we have limited the subject areas to: Math, English, Science, Social Science, Spanish and, possibly, other languages. We may add more if there is a need for more or if greater specialization is needed.

Once we have a roster of volunteer faculty, we will provide a link to the roster to NYSNA members and their families. Students will sign up for tutoring in their desired subject at the time they need support. You can communicate with the student through email, video conferencing, phone conversation, or whatever combination works best for you and the student.

In order to protect your privacy and restrict the requests to your specified hours, the PSC staff strongly urge you to use a Zoom account or provide a dedicated email address and/or Google Voice number rather than your personal email and phone number. Simple instructions for signing on to these free services are below. Students will use that address or number to reach you during the times you specify.

If you’d like help signing up or have other questions, please contact Ida Cheng ( [email protected] ) at the PSC. And if you are seeking additional ways to offer support, our statewide affiliate, NYSUT, which represents thousands of healthcare workers, has made an urgent appeal for donations to buy PPE for healthcare workers on the frontlines. Please give generously.

I know that many of us are stretched thin in our own lives right now, but I hope that those who can will find an hour a week to join the Homework Hotline.

Barbara Bowen President, PSC/CUNY

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING UP FOR A GOOGLE OR ZOOM ACCOUNT

You can conduct your tutoring sessions using either Google Voice, Google Hangout, Google Video or Zoom. All three Google options require that you have a Gmail account. It might be best to set up a Gmail account just for this purpose, even if you have an existing Gmail account.

Create a Google Account If you do not have a Gmail account already, please sign up on www.gmail.com . You will need to fill out basic information like your name, birthday, phone number and agree to Google’s terms and conditions.

Google Voice By using a Google Voice number rather than your personal phone number, you can have the calls forwarded to your cell phone without disclosing your private phone number. When you are no longer a volunteer-tutor, you can disconnect your Google Voice number from your cell phone. Students will also have the ability to leave you voicemails. The directions to set up a Google Voice number are on their website .

Google Hangout and Google Video You can log into Google Hangout from your email account and click on New Conversation and find the person you want to chat with by searching their email address. You can either chat by typing or live-chat by clicking on the video camera icon.

Zoom Many professors who have moved to online teaching already have a Zoom account. Please feel free to use your Zoom account to conduct your tutoring session. If you do not already have a Zoom account, please sign up for a free account using this link . Educators who sign up for a zoom account with their email addresses ending in “edu” will have the 40-minute limit lifted.

Please make sure to enable microphone access if you are using your computer or laptop.

Published: April 13, 2020 | Last Modified: April 13, 2020

Build Our Power

• Faculty and Staff
• Discover Harvey Mudd
• Connect to Harvey Mudd
• Apply to Harvey Mudd
• Afford to attend Harvey Mudd
• DEPARTMENTS
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
• Mathematics
• INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS
• Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment
• Center for Design Education
• Hixon-Riggs Program for Responsive Science and Engineering
• Majors at Harvey Mudd
• Academic Emphases at Harvey Mudd
• Faculty of Harvey Mudd
• Common Core Curriculum
• English Language Learning
• Dean of the Faculty
• Institutional Research
• Learning Programs
• Study Abroad
• Upward Bound
• Summer Session
• The Makerspace
• Entrepreneurship
• Sponsors and Projects
• Prospective Sponsors
• Impact on Society
• Clinic Events
• History of the Clinic Program
• Clinic Program Contacts
• Scholarship Focus Areas and Research Labs
• Research Videos
• Faculty Research Resources
• Student Research Opportunities
• Academic Resources and Student Success
• Campus Life
• Career Services
• Civic and Community Engagement
• Housing and Residential Life
• Institutional Diversity
• About Division of Student Affairs
• Meet the DSA Staff
• Commencement
• Orientation
• Accessible Education
• International Students and Scholars
• Mudders Care for Mudders
• Emergency Resources
• Student Handbook
• Title IX and Sexual Assault
• 7C Demonstration Policy
• Annual Fire Safety and Security Report
• Visit Campus
• Harvey Mudd News
• Upcoming Events
• President's Office
• Mission and Strategic Planning
• Make Your Gift Now
• Annual Fund
• Endowed Giving at Harvey Mudd
• Planned Giving
• Current and Special Giving Initiatives
• Ways to Give
• Contact College Advancement

Homework Hotline

Homework Hotline to Pause for 2024–2025 Academic Year

The Harvey Mudd College Homework Hotline, a helpful resource for local students, will be temporarily non-operational for the 2024–2025 academic year as it undergoes a strategic evaluation and enhancement process. Since its return in fall 2021, the program has experienced a decrease in usage, prompting a thorough review to better serve the community’s concerns and priorities.

Read more about our next steps .

Contact a Program Administrator

Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. [email protected]

Homework Hotline

Numbers & Operations

• Counting & Cardinality
• Measurement & Data
• Operations & Algebra
• Expressions & Equations
• Ratio & Proportion
• Statistics & Probability
• The Number System

Advertisement

Supported by

Fact-Checking Claims About Tim Walz’s Record

Republicans have leveled inaccurate or misleading attacks on Mr. Walz’s response to protests in the summer of 2020, his positions on immigration and his role in the redesign of Minnesota’s flag.

• Share full article

By Linda Qiu

Since Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was announced as the Democratic nominee for vice president, the Trump campaign and its allies have gone on the attack.

Mr. Walz, a former teacher and football coach from Nebraska who served in the National Guard, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and then as Minnesota’s governor in 2018. His branding of former President Donald J. Trump as “weird” this year caught on among Democrats and helped catapult him into the national spotlight and to the top of Vice President Kamala Harris’s list of potential running mates.

The Republican accusations, which include questions over his military service , seem intended at undercutting a re-energized campaign after President Biden stepped aside and Ms. Harris emerged as his replacement at the top of the ticket. Mr. Trump and his allies have criticized, sometimes inaccurately, Mr. Walz’s handling of protests in his state, his immigration policies, his comments about a ladder factory and the redesign of his state’s flag.

Here’s a fact check of some claims.

What Was Said

“Because if we remember the rioting in the summer of 2020, Tim Walz was the guy who let rioters burn down Minneapolis.” — Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee for vice president, during a rally on Wednesday in Philadelphia

This is exaggerated. Mr. Walz has faced criticism for not quickly activating the National Guard to quell civil unrest in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020 after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. But claims that he did not respond at all, or that the city burned down, are hyperbolic.

Mr. Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, and demonstrators took to the streets the next day . The protests intensified, with some vandalizing vehicles and setting fires. More than 700 state troopers and officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ mobile response team were deployed on May 26 to help the city’s police officers, according to a 2022 independent assessment by the state’s Department of Public Safety of the response to the unrest.

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and  log into  your Times account, or  subscribe  for all of The Times.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

Already a subscriber?  Log in .

Want all of The Times?  Subscribe .

Homework Hotline

Call 469-604-4921 or 469-431-3577

[email protected]  

Hire an online Tutor for your Child

Our Available Tutors

Our online tutors are part-time or full time college students. Majority of the tutors are in honors programs at their designated college.  We have some honors program related high school students too.

Depending on the frequency of the online tutoring request and needed subject(s) for your child or children, we provide reasonable price estimates for online tutoring services.

Request Tutoring Service

If you are interested in this service.  Please completely fill out the contact request for a free price estimate for online tutoring service with your phone number and child's learning subject(s) in the message below.  Include the words "Hire an Online Tutor" too.

Like what you see? Get in touch to learn more.

Thanks for submitting!