It is unclear when in-person instruction will restart, but the number of children who will return to classrooms has fallen short of the mayor’s predictions. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “E-Learning”
New York City School Closings: The Latest
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2020
In a big setback for the city’s recovery, the nation’s largest district will return to all-remote learning. Source: New York Times
Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning?
By Gotham Rex on November 6, 2020
Leaving children to teach themselves from a sofa might be the greatest untold tragedy of the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Parents in N.Y.C. Public Schools Now Face This Agonizing Choice
By Gotham Rex on November 2, 2020
Only one in four students have returned to classrooms. The remainder have two weeks left to decide if they’ll go back, too. Source: New York Times
Why Parents in This High-Performing School District Chose All-Remote Learning
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
In a heavily Asian-American district of Queens, two-thirds of families have chosen not to send their children back to school. Source: New York Times
A Beloved Teacher Died From the Virus. Now Her School Confronts Reopening.
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2020
At Public School 9 in Brooklyn, students will start each day by talking about how they are feeling and will take breaks for movement and meditation. Source: New York Times
How to Keep the Peace in a School Pod
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2020
‘It’s important to approach this with the idea that there’s no ideal situation. If there were, we’d all be doing it.’ Source: New York Times
These Families Feel Forgotten as N.Y.C. Pushes to Open Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2020
Months of remote learning have taken a harsh toll on New York City’s roughly 114,000 homeless students and their families. Source: New York Times
Why New Jersey’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart
By Gotham Rex on August 28, 2020
Growing numbers of districts are going online only, citing teacher shortages, ventilation issues and delayed guidance from the state on the virus. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Schools Can Reopen, Cuomo Says, Making It One of Few Big Cities With In-Person Classes
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2020
In a long-awaited announcement, the governor says schools can welcome back students if the rate of infection in their communities remains low. Source: New York Times
Can N.Y.C. Reopen Schools? The Whole Country Is Watching
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2020
The city’s low infection rate has raised hopes that students can return to classrooms next month. But many obstacles remain. Source: New York Times
What Teachers' Unions Are Fighting For as Schools Plan a New Year
By Gotham Rex on July 29, 2020
Unions are threatening to strike if classrooms reopen, but are also pushing to limit live remote teaching. Their demands will shape pandemic education. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Public Schools Will Not Fully Reopen in September
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2020
Classroom attendance in September will be limited to only one to three days a week in an effort to continue to curb the outbreak, the mayor said. Source: New York Times
Reopening N.Y.C. Schools Safely: A Huge Challenge
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2020
The plan now emerging could have an enormous impact because the local economy may not fully recover until working parents can send children to school. Source: New York Times