The sweeping complaint accuses New York City of maintaining a segregated school system and seeks to establish the right to an anti-racist education. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
He Won a Varsity Letter at 16. He Finally Got It When He Was 79.
By Gotham Rex on February 28, 2021
Tom Ammiano, a well-known gay leader in San Francisco, believed his effeminate mannerisms led his New Jersey high school to deny him his letter. Source: New York Times
Meisha Porter, Longtime N.Y.C. Educator, to Take Over Country’s Largest School System
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
Ms. Porter, a New York City native, will be the first Black woman to run the city’s sprawling school system. Source: New York Times
Richard Carranza Will Resign as Leader of N.Y.C. School System
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
His departure, planned for mid-March, comes after repeated clashes with Mayor Bill de Blasio over desegregating the city’s schools. Source: New York Times
New York Was the 1st Big School District to Reopen. Here’s What Happened.
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
Elementary schools have been open for months. As the city prepares to reopen middle schools, problems remain, but there is also cause for optimism. Source: New York Times
Lourdes Rivera, Private High School’s Beating Heart, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2021
Ms. Rivera was Columbia Prep’s receptionist, and emanated empathy, tough love and comfort to students, faculty and parents alike at the New York City school. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
New York City Takes Another Step Toward Fully Reopening
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2021
Tens of thousands of middle school students will be able to return to classrooms later this month for at least part of the week. Source: New York Times
New York City Plans to Reopen Middle Schools on Feb. 25
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2021
About 62,000 students who signed up for in-person classes last year will be able to return to classrooms starting Feb. 25. Source: New York Times
Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
Deep-seated mistrust among Black families toward their public school districts is holding back school reopening, even as Black children suffer inordinately from remote learning. Source: New York Times
20 Inches of Snow Could Fall on a City Already Quieted by the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
New York found itself in the midst of a nor’easter that was on track to be one of the city’s heaviest storms ever. Source: New York Times
Sylvia Lieber, Creative Kindergarten Teacher, Dies at 102
By Gotham Rex on January 30, 2021
She gave 5- and 6-year-olds an early introduction to classical music and museum art — and taught them where milk comes from. She died of complications of Covid-19., Source: New York Times
N.J. Teacher's Union Steps In and Delays School Reopening
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2021
Students didn’t return to elementary schools in Montclair, N.J., as planned after a tense week of debate and a boycott of prep sessions by some educators. Source: New York Times
How the 3 Diallo Sisters Were Finally Able to Connect to Their Classes
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2021
The city said it would be “impossible” to quickly install Wi-Fi in shelters for remote learning. Some shelter operators have proven them wrong. Source: New York Times
‘The Word of the Year Is Fluid’: The Pandemic Brings a New Teaching Style
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2021
Like many districts nationwide, schools in Edison, N.J., are struggling to make hybrid instruction work. Source: New York Times
Lynn Gray, Who Fought for Youths Left Behind, Dies at 78
By Gotham Rex on January 13, 2021
Mr. Gray started or worked on programs designed to give young people a decent education in a troubled school system. He died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times