The teachers’ union wants schools to shut again if the rate of positive virus tests keeps rising. The city is determined to keep them open. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
With Remote Learning, a 12-Year-Old Knows Her English Is Slipping Away
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
In New York City, 142,000 children are learning English in school. Online classes are especially challenging for them. Source: New York Times
Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience. Source: New York Times
Reopening a New York City School: ‘It’s Been a Tough Start’
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
This fall New York City’s public schools faced perhaps their biggest challenge in memory: Could they resume in person safely? And for how long? We filmed in one school for 33 days to chronicle every step of the reopening. Source:…
N.Y.C. to Change Many Selective Schools to Address Segregation
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
The pandemic prompted the mayor’s most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students. Source: New York Times
Children Love Snow Days. The Pandemic May End Them Forever.
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
In New York City and elsewhere, classes will be held online no matter how bad storms are this year in a shift that makes some parents wistful. Source: New York Times
If Teachers Get the Vaccine Quickly, Can Students Get Back to School?
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Teachers’ unions largely support plans to put educators near the front of the line, but given availability and logistics, that might not be enough to open more schools in the spring. Source: New York Times
Top Mayoral Candidate’s Choice: Should He Send His Sons Back to School?
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
If Scott Stringer wins the race next year, his experience as a parent is likely to inform how he guides New York’s public schools out of crisis. Source: New York Times
Racial Divide in Reopened Classrooms: More White Than Black Children
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2020
As New York City schools reopen, many families of color are choosing to keep students home. That disparity is raising alarms, given the shortcomings of remote learning. Source: New York Times
How New York City Plans to Keep Children Safe as Schools Reopen
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
There will likely be more closures of individual school buildings as the amount of testing increases. Source: New York Times
Europe Keeps Schools Open, not Restaurants, Unlike U.S. cities
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
Many European nations have managed to flatten the coronavirus surge while keeping schools open, reducing academic and economic disruption. Source: New York Times
Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
New York City became the highest-profile example when Mayor de Blasio said elementary schools would reopen starting Dec. 7. Source: New York Times
New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Reduce Hybrid Learning
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an abrupt shift in managing schools during the pandemic. Officials had faced criticism that they prioritized activities like indoor dining over children’s well-being. Source: New York Times
How de Blasio Backed Himself Into a Corner on Closing Schools
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2020
He says that he has celebrated educators more than any mayor in the last 20 years, but Bill de Blasio has taken heat from all sides about school policy during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
What Happened When a School District Banned Thin Blue Line Flags
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2020
Some students in a mostly white New York suburb said the flag made them feel unsafe. Banning it prompted accusations of political bias. Source: New York Times