Deep-seated mistrust among Black families toward their public school districts is holding back school reopening, even as Black children suffer inordinately from remote learning. Source: New York Times
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20 Inches of Snow Could Fall on a City Already Quieted by the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
New York found itself in the midst of a nor’easter that was on track to be one of the city’s heaviest storms ever. Source: New York Times
Sylvia Lieber, Creative Kindergarten Teacher, Dies at 102
By Gotham Rex on January 30, 2021
She gave 5- and 6-year-olds an early introduction to classical music and museum art — and taught them where milk comes from. She died of complications of Covid-19., Source: New York Times
N.J. Teacher's Union Steps In and Delays School Reopening
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2021
Students didn’t return to elementary schools in Montclair, N.J., as planned after a tense week of debate and a boycott of prep sessions by some educators. Source: New York Times
How the 3 Diallo Sisters Were Finally Able to Connect to Their Classes
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2021
The city said it would be “impossible” to quickly install Wi-Fi in shelters for remote learning. Some shelter operators have proven them wrong. Source: New York Times
‘The Word of the Year Is Fluid’: The Pandemic Brings a New Teaching Style
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2021
Like many districts nationwide, schools in Edison, N.J., are struggling to make hybrid instruction work. Source: New York Times
Lynn Gray, Who Fought for Youths Left Behind, Dies at 78
By Gotham Rex on January 13, 2021
Mr. Gray started or worked on programs designed to give young people a decent education in a troubled school system. He died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Fight Over Closing Schools Reignites as N.Y.C. Positive Rate Tops 9%
By Gotham Rex on January 6, 2021
The teachers’ union wants schools to shut again if the rate of positive virus tests keeps rising. The city is determined to keep them open. Source: New York Times
With Remote Learning, a 12-Year-Old Knows Her English Is Slipping Away
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
In New York City, 142,000 children are learning English in school. Online classes are especially challenging for them. Source: New York Times
Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience. Source: New York Times
Reopening a New York City School: ‘It’s Been a Tough Start’
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
This fall New York City’s public schools faced perhaps their biggest challenge in memory: Could they resume in person safely? And for how long? We filmed in one school for 33 days to chronicle every step of the reopening. Source:…
N.Y.C. to Change Many Selective Schools to Address Segregation
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
The pandemic prompted the mayor’s most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students. Source: New York Times
Children Love Snow Days. The Pandemic May End Them Forever.
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
In New York City and elsewhere, classes will be held online no matter how bad storms are this year in a shift that makes some parents wistful. Source: New York Times
If Teachers Get the Vaccine Quickly, Can Students Get Back to School?
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Teachers’ unions largely support plans to put educators near the front of the line, but given availability and logistics, that might not be enough to open more schools in the spring. Source: New York Times
Top Mayoral Candidate’s Choice: Should He Send His Sons Back to School?
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
If Scott Stringer wins the race next year, his experience as a parent is likely to inform how he guides New York’s public schools out of crisis. Source: New York Times