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‘The department has chosen to pursue a reopening plan—decided upon in April 2021 and not revisited since—that goes against the wishes of the student body and common-sense health concerns.’

ByMiranda Bellizia

ByCara Corrigan

ByJennifer Hendricks 3Comments

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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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Nov 2020

Education Podcasts

Council Education Chair: Shift to All-Remote Learning Hits Young & Needy Students Hardest

Brooklyn’s Mark Treyger wants the city to offer more in-person schooling to young and disabled kids who fare especially poorly in remote learning. The temporary shutdown offers a chance to…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Oct 2019

Comunidades de habla hispana

¿Cuántos puertorriqueños víctimas del huracán María hay actualmente en la ciudad de Nueva York?

El seguimiento a esta diáspora como conjunto se perdió.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Economy Education In Depth

Are City Schools and Hospitals Doing Enough to Diversify Medicine?

Reducing racial disparities within the practice of medicine will take work by elementary-school teachers, high-school counselors, college programs, med schools and mentor physicians. But the work starts with letting Black…

ByBob Kirsch 2Comments

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Feb 2019

Education Health In Depth Investigations

Why do Some NYC School Kids Still Eat Lunch Before Some of Us Have had Breakfast?

The teacher reminded some restless students to focus during the last 15 minutes before lunch. Standard directions for students feeling antsy before the mid-day meal. Except it was 9:25 a.m.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Feb 2019

Opinion

CityViews: Albany’s Teacher Evaluation Reform Still Gives Too Much Power to Tainted Tests

‘Because the law required a test score for evaluations, state test scores were simply replaced by scores from locally-chosen tests. But it gets even more insane.’

ByJake Jacobs 0Comments

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Jul 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Ambitious Brooklyn School Desegregation Plan Stirs Excitement, Faces Hurdles

Brooklyn’s District 15 is trying to chart a new path toward equity with an ambitious plan to end admissions screens for middle schools. The reaction to the plan highlights the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Want to Make Schools Safer? End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

‘New legislation shifts schools from punitive, zero-tolerance approaches to discipline, towards restorative approaches that keep students in class and build stronger relationships between students, educators and families.’

ByMaritza Davila 0Comments

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Aug 2017

Uncategorized

CityViews: NYC Public School Uniform Policies are a Symptom of Segregation

“Policing brown bodies and requiring young children to wear uniforms restricting their choices and imaginations mimics and prepares them for prison life.”

ByKamilla Sjödin 10Comments

Opinion: Urban Planning Students Discontent with Hunter College’s COVID Reopening Policy