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Amy Ming Tsai at a Education Council Consortium Meeting in lower Manhattan.

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

Patrick Donachie | October 19, 2018

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.

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

Patrick Donachie | October 19, 2018

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 costly for principals to get them back in the game.

Missing Teachers

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

Patrick Donachie | October 18, 2018

‘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 communities of color.’

Missing Teachers

Chronic Teacher Absenteeism Hits Some NYC Schools, Districts Hard

Patrick Donachie | October 17, 2018

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 among schools in the same district.

Missing Teachers

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

Patrick Donachie | October 16, 2018

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 policy.

Education

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

Patrick Donachie | January 31, 2018

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.

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Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution

Jessica Bal and Patrick Donachie | January 26, 2016

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 negotiations over the law.

Education

Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Patrick Donachie | August 25, 2015

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.

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Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

Patrick Donachie | August 13, 2015

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.

Education

Lucky Few Join STEM Mission at City’s Space Camp

Patrick Donachie | August 6, 2015

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 larger challenges facing STEM education in New York.

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