The Coronavirus Crisis
City’s COVID-19 Testing Efforts for School Staffers Fall Short, Teachers Say
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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
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‘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.’
Coronavirus
Delayed School Start Doesn’t Resolve Worries About Disparities
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From school to school and district to district, differing infection rates and resource levels will make for disparate experiences this fall.
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.
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.
Brooklyn
Schools, Landmarks and Ecology Are the Focus as Gowanus Awaits Next Rezoning Steps
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Advocates and elected officials are taking steps to prepare for the changes likely to come by landmarking historic sites, calling for a designated “eco-district” and raising concerns about school integration around the Brooklyn canal.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: DOE’s Desegregation Plans Offer Hope, Need Improvement
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‘While the DOE’s initial plans are encouraging, they fall short of what’s needed to dismantle the entrenched segregation in our schools.’
Bronx
DOE Deals With Parent Worries About Plans to Merge Two Bronx Middle Schools This Fall
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At a recent meeting, parents and students expressed their concern about the effects that the merger may have on the students’ education and even their safety.
3-k
Teachers Push De Blasio for Pre-K Pay Equity as New Era for System Approaches
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The de Blasio administration is moving to consolidate and expand its birth-to-five education programs. Will it take this opportunity to address a yawning gap between what city teachers and their nonprofit counterparts make?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: UFT Defends its New Contract Deal with De Blasio
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‘Teachers and other UFT professionals will be making up their own minds about how well the agreement represents their interests.’