schools
Did ‘Wishful Thinking’ Drive NYC Schools to Their Chaotic Opening?
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s intense desire to provide in-person learning led the city to underestimate the obstacles to bringing kids back.
The Coronavirus Crisis
City’s COVID-19 Testing Efforts for School Staffers Fall Short, Teachers Say
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The city offer prioritized COVID-19 testing for DOE staff and students at 34 sites across the city. But only for seven days.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Why We Organize For Police-Free Schools
Leah Moise |
‘I have come to see police, surveillance and harsh punitive measures in schools as a way to disproportionately target vulnerable students, primarily Black and Latino, and not to protect and support us as many suggest.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Schools Can Learn From ‘Open Streets’ & ‘Open Restaurants’
Deborah Morris |
As politicians quibble over schedules and temperate checks: parents, teachers, principals, custodians and children could learn from the City’s most recent attempt to better use the public space of streets.
The Max & Murphy Show
Concerns Remain About School Reopening, Advocate Says
Jarrett Murphy |
‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’
Coronavirus
Delayed School Start Doesn’t Resolve Worries About Disparities
Jeanmarie Evelly |
From school to school and district to district, differing infection rates and resource levels will make for disparate experiences this fall.
Voices of New York
Preparing for the New School Year, in Polish
Joanna Szybiak for Bialy Orzel |
For the 10,000 students attending Polish Language Schools on the East Coast, remote learning in the Spring meant renewed connections to Poland. What lies ahead is uncertain.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Open, Hybrid or Fully Remote, NYC Schools Need Aid, Not Austerity
Mohammad Ahmad |
‘Without increased funding to make up for structural losses at schools, the institutionally racist chasm of inequity in education will continue to grow wider as students least served by city and state governments are left to suffer from resource deficits.’
Budget
Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program
Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik |
A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.
COVID-19
Union Chief Says Plan for School Reopening is Overdue
Jarrett Murphy |
But Michael Mulgrew believes a blended learning model can work.
