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.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Schools Can Learn From ‘Open Streets’ & ‘Open Restaurants’
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As politicians quibble over schedules and temperate checks: parents, teachers, principals, custodians and children could learn from the City’s most recent attempt to better use the public space of streets.
The Max & Murphy Show
Concerns Remain About School Reopening, Advocate Says
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‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’
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.
Voices of New York
Preparing for the New School Year, in Polish
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For the 10,000 students attending Polish Language Schools on the East Coast, remote learning in the Spring meant renewed connections to Poland. What lies ahead is uncertain.