Bill de Blasio unveiled a $635 million plan to restore the system post-lockdown and give students extra academic and mental health support. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
After nine years at Dalton, why was Justine Ang Fonte suddenly being pilloried by parents? Source: New York Times
When a Valedictorian Spoke of His Queer Identity, the Principal Cut Off His Speech
By Gotham Rex on June 27, 2021
The principal also took away the valedictorian’s prepared remarks, so the student recited the speech from memory. Source: New York Times
‘No Shortcuts?’: A 40-Mile Rite of Passage for High School Freshmen
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2021
A year after the pandemic canceled a nearly 50-year-old tradition, a New Jersey Catholic school brought back a mandatory hike across the Appalachian Trail. Source: New York Times
A School District Got Rid of Columbus Day. It Didn’t Stop There.
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2021
A New Jersey school district, criticized for renaming the day for Indigenous people, eliminated the names of all holidays. It might undo that, too. Source: New York Times
Mount Sinai Seeks to Expand School Virus Testing Program
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2021
The health system, which is preparing to open a new laboratory that could process 100,000 tests a day, wants to take its program to public schools this fall. Source: New York Times
The End of Online Classes
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2021
Masks will still be required, and schools will follow social-distancing guidelines, but vaccinations are not yet mandatory. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. to Eliminate Remote Learning For Fall
By Gotham Rex on May 24, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that all students would resume in-person classes in the new academic year, a major step toward fully reopening the largest school system in the U.S. Source: New York Times
How Andrew Yang Won Over Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
A slew of influential Jewish leaders endorsed Mr. Yang, motivated by one overriding issue: “Yeshivas, yeshivas, yeshivas.” Source: New York Times
What It Would Take for N.Y.C. Schools to Fully Reopen This Fall
By Gotham Rex on May 17, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio must soon make crucial decisions about medical waivers for teachers, remote schooling and social distancing for September. Source: New York Times
C.D.C. Advisers Endorse Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 12 to 15
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2021
Immunizations will quickly begin nationwide, officials predicted. Source: New York Times
How 2 N.J. Schools With Similar Covid Cases Are Reopening
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2021
Students with autism in two neighboring New Jersey towns have had far different access to in-person school. Source: New York Times
Over 50,000 N.Y.C. Public School Students Will Return to Classrooms
By Gotham Rex on April 12, 2021
The change follows recent federal guidance that schools could reduce social distancing between students in some classrooms to three feet from six. Source: New York Times
NYC Schools Have Been Closing a Lot. That’s About to Change.
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio is easing the two-case rule about positive virus cases that had been forcing many schools to temporarily shut this year. Source: New York Times
Why Virus Tests at One Elite School Ran Afoul of Regulators
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2021
In the suburbs of Chicago, New Trier High School offers a lesson in just how complicated it can be to track the coronavirus in schools. Source: New York Times