Today is World Teachers’ Day
Today is designated as World Teachers’ Day! Today is also the day that due to increased COVID19 cases in New York, schools are about …
New Poll Shows America’s Parents, Teachers Want ‘Safety First’ on School Reopenings
Trump and DeVos’ Ruinous Agenda Rejected, Comfort with Return to Brick-and-Mortar Schools Significantly Higher when Protections, Funding in Place
WASHINGTON—The nation’s teachers and parents are seeing through the Trump administration’s chaos and disinformation over reopening schools this fall, new polling shows. And …
PSC/CUNY Holds Around-the-Clock Online Action
The Professional Staff Congress kicked off their Fall campaign to Save Lives, Save Jobs, Save CUNY with an around-the-clock online action. The marathon day—called …
Parents Are Flocking to Virtual Schools and Homeschooling. They’ll Find a Minefield.
By Sarah Jones, NY Mag
Squint and MomPossible.org looks as though it’s only here to help. “Suddenly schooling at home?” it asks. “Take our …
What Will the First Day of School Look Like? Terrified teachers. Obstinate officials. Exhausted parents. Inside the city’s messy reopening battle.
By Keith Gessen, NY Mag
In late June, while public-school students across the city were attending their graduation or “step-up” ceremonies over Zoom, the …
NYC School Reopening on Course for Delay, Union Leader Says
Citing an “alarming lack of direction” in the city’s plans for reopening school buildings, a Sept. 10 start …
New Teachers Mistakenly Assume Black Students are Angry
By Alison Cooke, Amy Halberstadt, Pamela Watkins Garner, The Conversation
The big idea
College students who are training to become teachers are 36% more …
4 things students should know about their health insurance and COVID-19 before heading to college this fall
By Paul Shafer, The Conversation
As colleges and universities decide whether or not to reopen their campuses this fall, much of the discussion has focused on …
Kids’ School Schedules Have Never Matched Parents’ Work Obligations and the Pandemic is Making Things Worse
By Taryn Morrissey, The Conversation
Whether I’m looking at the question of why it has always been hard to be a working parent in …
NYC’s Homeschooling Option: Any Family Can Choose Full-Time Remote Learning This Fall
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat , THE CITY
New York City families will be able to keep their children home this …