The city and the teachers union have been unable to agree on whether teachers should be allowed to livestream their lessons to students at home. Without an agreement, a remote option is unlikely. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
New Yorkers Reflect on a Stressful Week Back at School Amid Omicron Wave
By Gotham Rex on January 7, 2022
Two dozen interviews with parents, educators and students revealed a range of opinions about whether schools should remain open. But most said the return to classrooms had been bumpy. Source: New York Times
A School Won 92-4 in Basketball. Then the Coach Was Suspended.
By Gotham Rex on January 6, 2022
Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic high school for girls in Hamden, Conn., said that running up the score against Lyman Hall High School did not mesh with its values. Source: New York Times
City Schools Are ‘Staying Open,’ Mayor Eric Adams Says
By Gotham Rex on January 4, 2022
But the spike in Omicron cases has created trepidation for many parents. Source: New York Times
New York City Schools 'Staying Open' Despite Omicron, Mayor Says
By Gotham Rex on January 3, 2022
Covid cases soared in the week before the winter break, prompting the closures of 11 schools and over 400 classrooms. Source: New York Times
Meisha Porter Had 3 Goals as N.Y.C. Schools Chief: ‘Open. Open. Open.’
By Gotham Rex on January 1, 2022
The departing New York City schools chancellor pulled off a big task in a short period of time: reopening the nation’s largest school district during a pandemic. Source: New York Times
Adams’s Virus Policy Includes Keeping Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
By Gotham Rex on December 30, 2021
After a long silence on the subject, New York City’s incoming mayor said he would extend a number of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Covid-19 policies. Source: New York Times
New York City Looks to Test More and Keep Classrooms Open
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2021
The city said it would allow students who were exposed to Covid to remain in school if they test negative for the coronavirus and have no symptoms. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams’s First Big Task as Mayor: Reopening Schools in the New Year
By Gotham Rex on December 23, 2021
New York City’s school system experienced by far the most chaotic and disrupted days of the fall semester this week, as virus cases rose across the city. Source: New York Times
Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2021
He helped focus the nation on bombings and police abuse in Alabama in the 1960s and, later, on problems with the education of Black students in Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
David Banks Is the Next N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2021
Mr. Banks, who founded the Eagle Academy, a network of public schools for boys, is the first commissioner named to Mayor-elect Eric Adams’s administration. Source: New York Times
School District Investigates Claims of Longtime Sexual Misconduct by Teachers
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2021
Six teachers from Babylon High School have been placed on leave as the investigation continues and alumnae come forward with claims. Source: New York Times
New York City Sets Vaccine Mandate for Religious and Private School Workers
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2021
The directive, which affects 56,000 employees, faced immediate opposition from some Jewish and Catholic leaders, who sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to reconsider. Source: New York Times
In a Picture-Postcard New York Town, Racist Incidents Rattle Schools
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2021
When students in Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, returned to school in the fall, a disturbing video of a white student threatening to kill Black people renewed concerns about racism. Source: New York Times
Why Was a Black Lives Matter Mural at a Brooklyn School Destroyed?
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2021
Artwork intended to reflect on social justice and racial equity has exposed long-simmering tensions in a Brooklyn public school. Source: New York Times