NYC teachers get little to no training on lockdown drills
When Mohammad Jehad Ahmad began teaching almost six years ago, he wasn’t familiar with lockdown drills. “I was under the impression that a lockdown drill just meant to lock the door,” the Bronx high school math teacher said. “So in my first year doing it, I would lock the door and keep teaching.” It wasn’t […]
To expand NYC’s ‘gifted’ programs, one nonprofit turns to after school
To expand NYC’s ‘gifted’ programs, one nonprofit turns to after school Kelly didn’t think of herself as particularly smart when a teacher told the rising sixth grader that she would be joining the Excellence Project, an after-school program at P.S. 189 in the Bronx for “gifted” students. But she started attending the daily sessions, where […]
A graduate of NYC schools, this is my story.
A graduate of NYC schools, this is my story. Throughout elementary school, I would come home, change out of my uniform, open my workbook on a child-size wooden table, complete my assignments, and bring the book to my mom. Only after she rigorously double-checked my work could I plant myself down in front of the […]
School shortages are happening on a state to state level!
Educators and parents: Tell News4JAX how a teacher shortage has affected your school? News4JAX has reported that Duval County has more schools in need of extra support than any other school district in Florida. A Florida Department of Education report outlines a dire need for English teachers this upcoming school year. Exceptional Student Education (ESE), […]
Hochul signs NYC mayoral control bill into law – with a tweak
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill late Thursday that extends mayoral control of New York City schools for the next two years. But her signature came with a tweak: The eight-member expansion of the city’s education panel, which was passed under the original bill, will be delayed by five months. Mayoral control — which allows […]
NYC budget deal cuts school funding amid declining enrollment
New York City lawmakers reached a $101 billion budget deal Friday that finalizes cuts to school budgets for the 2022-2023 school year. Many details of the agreement, which sets the city’s financial plan from July 1 through June 2023, were still unavailable Friday evening. But in April, the mayor’s proposal showed a $1 billion drop […]
These Indiana schools made racial equity their mission. Now they face hostile legislation.
At Bethel Park Elementary in Indianapolis, a fourth- and fifth-grade book club pauses in a read-aloud to discuss this line in “The Hate U Give”: Funny how it works with white kids though. It’s dope to be black until it’s hard to be black. “Black people can’t really do stuff like white people can,” a […]
“It’s Not Sustainable”: NYC Public School Administrators, Teachers Struggle With Staffing Shortages
Faced with high absentee rates among students and teachers, principals at public schools across New York City are scrambling to staff classes and keep their doors open. Depending on who you ask, the result is barely controlled chaos, or an exercise in creative problem solving during a crisis. Mark Cannizzaro, president of the Council of […]
