Mayor Bill de Blasio said that all students would resume in-person classes in the new academic year, a major step toward fully reopening the largest school system in the U.S. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
How Andrew Yang Won Over Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
A slew of influential Jewish leaders endorsed Mr. Yang, motivated by one overriding issue: “Yeshivas, yeshivas, yeshivas.” Source: New York Times
What It Would Take for N.Y.C. Schools to Fully Reopen This Fall
By Gotham Rex on May 17, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio must soon make crucial decisions about medical waivers for teachers, remote schooling and social distancing for September. Source: New York Times
C.D.C. Advisers Endorse Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 12 to 15
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2021
Immunizations will quickly begin nationwide, officials predicted. Source: New York Times
How 2 N.J. Schools With Similar Covid Cases Are Reopening
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2021
Students with autism in two neighboring New Jersey towns have had far different access to in-person school. Source: New York Times
Over 50,000 N.Y.C. Public School Students Will Return to Classrooms
By Gotham Rex on April 12, 2021
The change follows recent federal guidance that schools could reduce social distancing between students in some classrooms to three feet from six. Source: New York Times
NYC Schools Have Been Closing a Lot. That’s About to Change.
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio is easing the two-case rule about positive virus cases that had been forcing many schools to temporarily shut this year. Source: New York Times
Why Virus Tests at One Elite School Ran Afoul of Regulators
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2021
In the suburbs of Chicago, New Trier High School offers a lesson in just how complicated it can be to track the coronavirus in schools. Source: New York Times
‘I’ve Lost a Lot of Faith’: Suburban Parents Push Schools to Reopen Faster
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
Frustration over pandemic reopening plans is growing in New Jersey’s affluent suburbs, where taxes are high and many students are barely in classrooms. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. public school students will have another chance, starting Wednesday, to opt in for in-person instruction.
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
While all parents can indicate interest, the city only has plans for now to bring more elementary school students into school buildings in April. Source: New York Times
$325,000 Settlement for Teacher Over Trump References Removed From Yearbook
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2021
A New Jersey teacher was suspended in 2017 after, she says, the school administration told her to remove a reference to Mr. Trump from a student’s shirt in a photo. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Students To Be Able to Opt Into In-Person Learning in Public Schools, Mayor Says
By Gotham Rex on March 19, 2021
The move follows new C.D.C. guidance allowing elementary school students wearing masks to be spaced three feet apart, rather than six feet, in reopened schools. Source: New York Times
Why Child Care Staff Had to Show Up While Teachers Worked Remotely
By Gotham Rex on March 19, 2021
The pandemic has spotlighted disparities in working conditions between child care workers and teachers. Source: New York Times
Mary Monahan, Dedicated Preschool Teacher, Dies at 67
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2021
An Irish immigrant to the Bronx as a toddler, she had ample training for her job as the eldest of eight children. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
The Return of High Schools in New York City
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2021
Students who signed up for in-person learning can go back later this month, and all students can resume sports. Source: New York Times