Housing migrants in school gyms: What we know (and don’t) about NYC’s shelter plans
Up to 20 New York City public school gymnasiums could be transformed into emergency shelters for asylum seekers, a sudden move that Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he was reluctant to make. “This is one of the last places we want to look at,” the mayor said in an interview on NY1. “None of us […]
Seven school gyms are housing migrants or could soon. Parents and pols are pushing back.
Seven public school gyms are now either in use as emergency shelter for migrants or are being readied for use, all but one of them in Brooklyn — prompting pushback from parents and local officials. Over the weekend, as border restrictions known as Title 42 expired, agencies transported migrants to P721R Richard H. Hungerford School […]
Reading instruction is getting an overhaul in NYC. Here’s how that could affect your school.
Chancellor David Banks is planning the most aggressive overhaul to the way New York City schools teach students to read in nearly 20 years. The changes, announced this week, will require the city’s elementary schools to adopt one of three reading programs over the next two years. They must also phase out materials from a […]
Better pay and more hours: NYC Council leaders push for changes to 3-K, pre-K programs
Leaders of New York City Council charged Mayor Eric Adams with failing to address problems that have plagued the city’s public preschool programs, and they made several demands to improve the system. Speaking in the playground of a Lower East Side 3-K and prekindergarten center Tuesday, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, several of her colleagues, and […]
10 ‘Mean Girls’ quotes to celebrate October 3
Happy Mean Girls Day … Just be sure to celebrate without becoming a mean girl today! #WHYCOUNSELING? Because it’s all about showing up for the kids who sat at the “Cool Kids Table” even though they didn’t feel like they belonged there … It’s all about reassuring people and affirming that they’re indeed good enough. […]
Cardona: Creating environments where teachers can thrive is key to keeping good educators
From Chalkbeat: When MaKenzie Mosby reflects on the four years she taught seventh-grade math, her feelings are mixed. She loved her students, families, fellow teachers and staff at her Memphis charter school — and still does. But from the start of her career, even before the pandemic upended education, it became increasingly clear to Mosby […]
