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A Black teacher questioned Eva Moskowitz’s response to George Floyd’s death. Now, Success Academy is facing bigger questions about race.

Success Academy students at the “Slam the Exam” pep rally held at the Barclays Center in 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)By Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/16/21293619/sucess-academy-eva-moskowitz-george-floyd-charter-schools-race] Four days after the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis

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Funding for Youth and Social Services Shows The True Priorities of The City

Kids participate in a Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation youth program. Courtesy of Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation.Mayor de Blasio announced last Sunday [/mayor-de-blasio-announces-cuts-to-policing-change-to-street-vendor-enforcement/] that he planned to cut funding for the NYPD, and to divert part of that funding to the city’s youth and social services. More

Education

NYC educators demand reforms, and reevaluate their own classrooms, after George Floyd’s killing

At the Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest. (Photo via Omar Ali, with permission)By Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/11/21288628/nyc-educators-demand-reforms-george-floyd] With so much ground to cover in a typical year, U.S. history teacher Tracy Garrison-Feinberg doesn’t spend

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Here’s what reopening NYC schools could look like this fall, according to a memo from Carranza

NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Alex Zimmerman, and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21286091/nyc-schools-fall-carranza-reopen] New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Tuesday hinted at what restarting schools could look

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A Brooklyn principal retires after battling COVID-19 for months: How his school community united to support their “Superman”

Via PS 235 PTA Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/ps235pta/photos/pcb.1693715120767939/1693712927434825/?type=3&theater] .By Ashleigh Garrison, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21285623/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-covid-19-coronavirus-months-remote-learning-newyork-schools] During his 22-year tenure at a Brooklyn elementary and middle school, principal Larry

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Cuomo OKs In-person Special Education This Summer, Unclear if NYC Will Opt In

Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashAlex Zimmerman and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/5/21282156/cuomo-oks-in-person-special-education-this-summer-but-unclear-if-nyc-will-opt-in] It’s not clear if the order will nudge New York City education officials to offer these services face-to-face this summer. School districts throughout New

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NYC Catholic School Students and Alumni Share Stories of Discrimination — and Demand Change

St Edmund Prep. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christine Chung, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/education/2020/6/7/21283371/new-york-catholic-school-students-and-alumni-share-stories-of-racism-discrimination-protests] Some New York City Catholic schools have responded to the police killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd [https://www.thecity.nyc/george-floyd] with YouTube videos of prayers,

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Here’s how to help young readers, according to literacy experts from the new TV show ‘Let’s Learn NYC!’

Photo by Mark Zamora on UnsplashBy Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/1/21277334/how-to-help-readers-tv-show-lets-learn-nyc] As a leader of the education department’s efforts to get New York City’s children reading by the end of second grade, Andrew Fletcher had to

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The Engagement is “Off” – OPINION

Chancellor Carranza speaks at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference on COVID-19. City Hall. Monday, March 23, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Deborah Alexander and Yiatin Chu, NYC public school parents Last week the NYC Department of Education (DOE) came to Queens to “listen” to what

Announcements

“Posse up and get tested” – Cuomo Asks Chris Rock And Rosie Perez To Educate Neighbors

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s daily Coronavirus briefing at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn, where he was joined by Brooklynites Chris Rock and Rosie Perez. The actors were on hand to promote testing and the wearing of PPE while in public. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of

COVID-19

Decision on New York school reopenings won’t be made until July at the earliest, Cuomo says

Governor Cuomo. Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew CuomoBy Reema Amin, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York The decision of when and how to reopen New York City school buildings won’t be made until at least July, and Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t have the final say — that

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Families will need child care to reopen NYC, but preschools fear they won’t survive the coronavirus shutdown

Daycare in Brooklyn, Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/21/21266712/childcare-nyc-coronavirus-reopen] Whenever New York City is ready to begin reopening its economy after months of sheltering in place, child care will be essential for families returning to work.