The Max & Murphy Show
Teachers’ Union Head: ‘We Want Your Kids Back’
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United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew tells the Max & Murphy Show that parents need to be convinced that schools are safe, even as youth cases climb.
Education
New School Attendance Data Shows Steeper Drops for Students in Shelter, English Language Learners
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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 to the citywide rate for all students, which was 89.2 percent.
Education
Your Video Issues Guide to the 2021 Mayoral Race: Education
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The next mayor will have to deal with the educational damage wrought by COVID-19 and the profound problems of quality and equity that challenged the city’s schools even before the pandemic.
schools
Opinion: Want to Have a Say in City Schools? Join a Community Education Council
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‘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.’
2021 election
Mayoral Hopeful Eric Adams on Schools, Development, Policing and More
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The Brooklyn Beeps chalks the city’s troubles up to dysfunction. Winning the race will require defining that term, and outlining a plan to defeat it.
The Max & Murphy Show
Council Education Chair: Shift to All-Remote Learning Hits Young & Needy Students Hardest
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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 adopt such a plan, he says.
COVID-19
How School Reopening Looks From the Principal’s Office
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The head of the union that recently voted ‘no confidence’ in Mayor de Blasio’s leadership talks about how the resumption of in-person school is going, and Manhattan BP Gale Brewer discuss what it will take for her borough to mount a comeback.
schools
Did ‘Wishful Thinking’ Drive NYC Schools to Their Chaotic Opening?
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The mayor’s intense desire to provide in-person learning led the city to underestimate the obstacles to bringing kids back.
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.’