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covid school

Your Video Issues Guide to the 2021 Mayoral Race: Education

By Jarrett Murphy | February 22, 2021

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

By Aleta LaFargue | February 2, 2021

‘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

By Jarrett Murphy | November 27, 2020

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

By Jarrett Murphy | November 19, 2020

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

By Jarrett Murphy | October 1, 2020

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?

By Jarrett Murphy | September 24, 2020

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

By Jeanmarie Evelly | September 15, 2020

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

By Leah Moise | September 8, 2020

‘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’

By Deborah Morris | September 4, 2020

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

By Jarrett Murphy | September 3, 2020

‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’

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