First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
Education
City’s Youth Programs are Ready, and Waiting, as Budget Deadline Nears
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Organizations are prepared to run virtual programming that would be largely similar to their afterschool programs that continued during the height of the pandemic.
Education
Virtual English Classes Offer Escape and Comfort for Immigrants During Lockdown
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Some immigrants who are out of work during the pandemic are using the time to take English classes. ‘To me, this has been a relief in the middle of the sad and painful situation we are enduring,’ one such student tells El Diario.
Budget
In Fight to Save Summer Youth Employment, Advocates Push City to Let Teens Work Remotely
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Youth advocates and SYEP participants say cancelling the program this summer will be a financial hit to low-income youth who rely on those jobs.
CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
For NY’s College Students, Remote Learning Brings Distraction and Uncertainty of What’s Next
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College students say the switch to remote learning has been a hard adjustment. Some have considered taking a gap year if remote learning carries into future semesters, concerned with paying for standard tuition for online classes.
CUNY Students Scramble After COVID-19 Dorm Evictions, Demand Spring Tuition Refunds
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Student-residents at five CUNY campuses have been told to move out as soon as possible, as the state turns to college dorms for possible medical uses during the pandemic.
The Max & Murphy Show
DOE Chancellor on What’s Next for City Schools Amid COVID
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A leading anti-hunger advocate also joined Max & Murphy to talk about how SNAP benefits and food pantries can be reinforced to address COVID’s economic fallout.
Coronavirus
It’s More Than Machines: The Emerging Concerns About NYC’s Online Learning
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Making sure students have laptops is important. But teachers and parents say access to WiFi, guides for how to navigate online learning, a clearer set of goals and new emotional support are also needed.
chinatown
School Absences Rise in Chinatown Amid Coronavirus Epidemic
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At P.S. 124, the Yung Wing School in Chinatown, where more than 90 percent of students are Asian, more than 50 – or 10 to 15 percent of students – missed school on March 10.
The Ride
Super Commuters in Sophomore Year: The Impact of NYC’s Longest Rides to School
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Thousands of New York City students spend at least two hours in transit to and from school each day, raising questions about how school quality and school distance combine to affect learners.
Afrocentric Schools
Re-emerging Demand Seen for City’s Afrocentric Schools
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Although Afrocentric schools have been around since the 1970s, new ones have been popping up across the country in recent years, including in Brooklyn, as parents seek alternatives to the heavily-Eurocentric approach favored in mainstream schools.