New York City students are struggling with reading, but principals are worried that the rollout of a new teaching method is happening too quickly. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Reading and Writing Skills (Education)”
NYC Tests Show Children Gained in Reading, but Lost Ground in Math
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2022
The first standardized test results that capture how most city schoolchildren did during the pandemic offered a mixed picture. Source: New York Times
NY State Vote Could Raise Pressure on Officials Over Hasidic Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
Amid calls for intervention, the state Board of Regents is set to vote this week on new rules for holding private schools to minimum academic standards. Source: New York Times
חסידישע מוסדות געבן נישט קיין עדיוקעשאן, אבער באקומען א שפע פון רעגירונגס געלטער
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
די חסידישע מוסדות אין ניו יארק האבן גענאסן פון 1 ביליאן דאלאר אין רעגירונגס געלטער דורכאויס די לעצטע פיר יאר אבער מוזן קיינעם נישט אפגעבן קיין דין וחשבון וואס מען לערנט ביי זיי Source: New York Times
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush with Public Money
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight. Source: New York Times
NYC Schools Reopen With Focus on Recovery From Pandemic Losses
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2022
“We need to show them: We’re back,” said the head of the principals’ union as children return to school Thursday with Covid restrictions largely ended. Source: New York Times
How Eric Adams’s Struggle With Dyslexia Is Shaping His Mayoralty
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2022
Mr. Adams was not diagnosed with a learning disability until college. Now, he is making dyslexia screenings a central policy issue. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams Unveils Program to Address Dyslexia in N.Y.C. Schools
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2022
The mayor, who has dyslexia himself, would open two new schools, train teachers and direct schools to use phonics-based lessons as a way to address a literacy crisis in the city. Source: New York Times
Inside the Mayor’s Plan to Help N.Y.C.’s Schools Recover
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2021
Bill de Blasio unveiled a $635 million plan to restore the system post-lockdown and give students extra academic and mental health support. 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