What to know about the hottest ticket in NYC, Summer Rising
From Chalkbeat: Just one week after New York City opened up applications for Summer Rising, its ambitious program that melds academics and camp-like activities, most elementary school sites have already filled up. Of 267 schools offering K-5 programs, fewer than 30 still had openings, according to the education department’s enrollment portal as of Monday afternoon. […]
Philadelphia will screen sixth through eighth graders for weapons
Philadelphia’s sixth through eighth grade students will be subject to periodic weapons screenings starting on Monday, the school district announced Thursday in a letter to parents. The screenings will take place at six schools a day. They will be conducted at every middle school, as well as elementary schools with middle school grades, at least […]
Why 1,320 Therapists Are Worried About Mental Health in America Right Now
As Americans head into a third year of pandemic living, therapists around the country are finding themselves on the front lines of a mental health crisis. Social workers, psychologists and counselors from every state say they can’t keep up with an unrelenting demand for their services, and many must turn away patients — including children […]
How to help struggling students? NYC’s Comfort Dog Program might unleash some answers
Literacy coach Meredith Loftus sometimes has a special helper for her phonics lessons with struggling readers at P.S. 70 in the South Bronx. Chip, a 1.5-year-old shih-poo (poodle/Shih Tzu mix), joined her on Thursday, as she worked with a small group of third graders as they sounded out words with digraphs, two letters that sound […]
The problem with education and how can we fix it
From Amsterdam News: Written by Clarence Williams, one of our very own instructors in our Administration Program It seems that the American educational system is in a perpetual state of reform. Everyone agrees that current and past systems do not work, yet every so-called solution is another dead end. With each new sales pitch, textbook […]
What the education panel’s rejection of NYC’s funding formula means for schools
From Chalkbeat: What began Wednesday night as a routine vote by the city’s Panel For Educational Policy ended with concern among principals, union officials, and even the schools chancellor about the potential delay of school budgets and plans for the upcoming school year. The panel, a mostly appointed board that makes decisions on major contracts […]
NYC schools have spent just half of this year’s COVID relief, report says
From Chalkbeat: Last spring, New York City schools celebrated its receipt of $7 billion in federal stimulus dollars as the administration of former Mayor Bill de Blasio planned how it would reopen buildings following two school years disrupted by the pandemic. But as of the first week of March, the education department had spent just […]
After a spate of violence in NYC, here’s expert advice on how to talk with kids
From Chalkbeat In the terrifying moments after a gunman opened fire on a crowded subway train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday, schools nearby immediately went into lockdown. Students sheltered in their classrooms, with news alerts pinging on cell phones and smart devices. When class let out, police lights still flickered in the streets. Among […]
