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In addition to the staff shortages, District 75 has a teacher-absentee rate exceeding the rate of New York City teacher absenteeism citywide, according to federal data.

ByPatrick Donachie 6 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Educators Linger in the Misunderstood ‘Teacher Reserve,’ a Byproduct of School Reforms

Most members of the Absent Teacher Reserve aren’t there for disciplinary lapses. Many are trapped by a combination of reforms that put experienced teachers on the sideline and made it…

ByPatrick Donachie 27 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Will the City’s New Schools Contract Reduce the Unequal Impact of Teacher Turnover?

‘If you just look at the data, we’re good,’ says one expert. ‘But if you look at the actual breakout of the teacher turnover rate, it is significantly higher in…

ByPatrick Donachie 24 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Chronic Teacher Absenteeism Hits Some NYC Schools, Districts Hard

There’s disagreement on how to measure chronic teacher absenteeism, and the causes of it are more complicated than you might assume. But there’s no denying big disparities in absentee rates—even…

ByPatrick Donachie 12 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Missing Teachers: Attendance, Turnover and Staffing Gaps in NYC Classrooms

Across the city, state and nation, students deal with missing teachers every day. It’s a multifaceted problem whose impact on school performance is often overlooked in the debates about education…

ByPatrick Donachie 14 minRead time

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Jan 2018

Education Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations News

NYC’s Homeless Pre-K Kids with Special Needs Face Steep Barriers to Getting Help

Only 35 of the more than 6,550 homeless students enrolled in pre-K were in special education – a share that falls well short of citywide averages.

ByPatrick Donachie 28 minRead time

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Jan 2016

Economy In Depth Investigations

Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution

When the Green Jobs/Green New York bill was signed in 2009, there was talk of delivering both energy efficiency and economic justice. But prospects for real progress were narrowed by…

ByJessica Bal

ByPatrick Donachie 19 minRead time

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Aug 2015

Education

Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Special-education students who are supposed to get 12 months of services sometimes face obstacles during the summer months, during which their risk of regression is greater than for other kids.

ByPatrick Donachie 10 minRead time

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Aug 2015

Education

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

City Limits’ series on summer learning continues with a look at a Brooklyn program where learning to excel at science, technology, engineering and math involves learning—among other things—how to yelp.

ByPatrick Donachie 7 minRead time

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Aug 2015

Education

Lucky Few Join STEM Mission at City’s Space Camp

There were 500 applicants for the 162 spots in a program that gives kids a chance to fly a flight simulator, staff Mission Control and program a robot—reflective of the…

ByPatrick Donachie 18 minRead time

Patrick Donachie

NYC’s Special Education System Feels the Impact of Teacher Shortages

Educators Linger in the Misunderstood ‘Teacher Reserve,’ a Byproduct of School Reforms

Will the City’s New Schools Contract Reduce the Unequal Impact of Teacher Turnover?

Chronic Teacher Absenteeism Hits Some NYC Schools, Districts Hard

Missing Teachers: Attendance, Turnover and Staffing Gaps in NYC Classrooms

NYC’s Homeless Pre-K Kids with Special Needs Face Steep Barriers to Getting Help

Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution

Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

Lucky Few Join STEM Mission at City’s Space Camp

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