CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: CUNY Needs Funding, Not Cuts
Berkis Cruz-Eusebio |
“The mayor needs to look somewhere else to cut funding. Successful higher education programs should not be on the chopping block.”
Bronx
Opinion: It’s Time to Pay Teachers What They Deserve
Ysiad Ferreiras |
“Teachers’ workloads are increasing without their salaries as they take on even more responsibilities to ensure the safety and well-being of their students.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: City Teachers Could Lose Key Tool for Social and Emotional Learning
Brandon Frame |
“We know that social and emotional skills in schools support academic success. It is crucial that we continue to develop these competencies that contribute to our young people graduating from high school, and thriving in careers and in life. Young people will lose if we hamstring their teachers by letting go of the DESSA.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: New York’s Students Need Support, Not Suspensions
Thomas Hale |
“No student deserves to be effectively expelled for bringing a bottle opener to school. There is no disciplinary reason to do so. In the very rare case that students do act out violently and pose a continuing risk to other students, school officials still have the possibility to expel students.”
Education
Después de años de esfuerzo, City College abrirá un centro para estudiantes inmigrantes
Daniel Parra |
En todo el sistema de la City University of New York (CUNY por sus siglas en inglés), donde más de un tercio de los estudiantes de pregrado nació fuera de los Estados Unidos continentales, solo hay dos Immigrant Student Success Center (Centros para el éxito de estudiantes inmigrantes) a pesar de tener una población de más de 5,000 estudiantes indocumentados.
Brooklyn
APPLY NOW: Paid Journalism Training Workshops for NYC High School Students
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY), with the CUNY Journalism Council and Press Pass NYC, is now taking applications from New York City high school students for two journalism training camps this summer in Brooklyn and Queens.
Education
After Years-Long Push, City College to Open Center for Immigrant Students
Daniel Parra |
Despite having an undocumented student population of more than 5,000, and more than a third of undergraduate students who are born outside the mainland U.S., the entire CUNY system has only two such “immigrant student success centers.”
Economy
City Libraries, Key Resource for Unhoused New Yorkers, Still Face Budget Cuts
Ryan Pullido and Jeanmarie Evelly |
Public libraries have long been a refuge for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, and have emerged as an important resources for asylum seekers in recent months. While Mayor Adams exempted the three library systems from his latest round of belt-tightening measures, they still face a collective $36 million in cuts under his executive budget proposal.
Education
Opinion: City Students Deserve Consistent Funding for Arts Education
Kimberly Olsen |
“New York City’s Department of Education recommends schools spend just $80.15 per student on arts education—yet school leaders can use that money for other classes and programs, often resulting in the total elimination of arts programming in a school.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Teachers’ Health Plan Debate Speaks to Larger Problems with UFT Leadership
Arthur Goldstein |
“Those of us teaching the children of New York City do the work. Not only are we not getting the support we need, but we have leadership that actively works against our interests. This has to change.”
