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Last week, a group of organizations demanding a more culturally diverse curriculum in New York City public schools took to the Department of Education’s (DOE) Lower Manhattan headquarters seeking to…

ByFernando Martínez for El Diario 1Comment

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Apr 2021

Education

New School Attendance Data Shows Steeper Drops for Students in Shelter, English Language Learners

Data released recently by the Department of Education for January shows students living in the shelter system saw the most absences, with a monthly attendance rate of 75.7 percent compared…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2021

Education Health Opinion

Opinion: NYC Schools Can Help Close the COVID Achievement Gap With Tutoring

‘Essential government-funded youth programs could be repurposed to transform the current potpourri of citywide services into a comprehensive public-private partnership focused on creating a rigorous academic tutoring system, with education…

ByRobert Cordero 1Comment

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Feb 2021

Education Opinion

Opinion: Want to Have a Say in City Schools? Join a Community Education Council

‘We need more parents to run so that each CEC’s economic diversity reflects that of the district. Without such diversity, whole swaths of a school district may be voiceless.’

ByAleta LaFargue 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Education Opinion

Opinion: NYC Students Need Music Education Now More Than Ever

‘Fifty-five percent of city public schools didn’t have a music educator, even before the COVID-19 pandemic…one aspect of that rebuilding must be integrating music as a core subject in the…

ByPenny Swift 5Comments

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Dec 2020

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Instead of Arguing About Reopenings, Let’s Unite for Systemic Change in Our Schools

‘The truth is, New York State has not met its constitutional responsibilities, laughing off multiple court orders and duly-passed laws mandating minimums for neglected, underfunded schools. And it has never…

ByJake Jacobs 3Comments

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Dec 2020

Education Health Podcasts

The Check In: NYC Schools and COVID-19

In this week’s episode, reporter Nicole Javorsky discusses the latest on schools, which are slated to reopen Monday to offer in-person instruction to some students following a systemwide shift to…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2020

Education Health

3,311 Cases, 1,929 Classroom Closures: COVID-19 and the Uncertain NYC School Year

Coronavirus infection rates have remained low in the school system even as cases across the city rise, prompting officials to take a new reopening approach this month. But questions and…

ByNicole Javorsky 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Education Government

City’s Pandemic School Food Offerings Should Include Hot Meals, Councilmember Urges

Councilman Mark Treyger says the city should tap into the resources it uses to run its senior meal delivery program to offer similar hot food options to students, saying his…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Education Opinion

Opinion: ‘Learning to Work’ Program Cuts Threaten the Futures of Students Like Me

‘While students face different kinds of obstacles in their previous schools, from mental health to family obligations or just a lack of support, they found trusting relationships and a new…

ByChristyl Rodriguez 0Comments

Immigrant Parents Press DOE for Culturally Responsive Curriculum in Schools

New School Attendance Data Shows Steeper Drops for Students in Shelter, English Language Learners

Opinion: NYC Schools Can Help Close the COVID Achievement Gap With Tutoring

Opinion: Want to Have a Say in City Schools? Join a Community Education Council

Opinion: NYC Students Need Music Education Now More Than Ever

Opinion: Instead of Arguing About Reopenings, Let’s Unite for Systemic Change in Our Schools

The Check In: NYC Schools and COVID-19

3,311 Cases, 1,929 Classroom Closures: COVID-19 and the Uncertain NYC School Year

City’s Pandemic School Food Offerings Should Include Hot Meals, Councilmember Urges

Opinion: ‘Learning to Work’ Program Cuts Threaten the Futures of Students Like Me

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