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NYC Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza is helping out right now to ensure our students stay healthy and full during the COVID-19 outbreak by announcing students can pick up food from any @NYCSchools location this week from 7:30 am — 1:30 pm. PS 130, Manhattan. Monday, March 16, 2020.
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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 Alex Zimmerman, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/19/21264071/nyc-summer-school-doe-coronavirus] More than one in six New York
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Former President Barack Obama speaking at the graduation. (Screenshot used with permission)AMERICA – Every year, graduates look forward to walking down the aisle in their caps and gowns. It took them years to get to where they are; to achieve such a tremendous milestone. This year, ‘Show Me Your Walk,
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Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza speaks at a news conference at the Office of Emergency Management about the Coronavirus, March 2, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg B. Smith, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/how-nyc-schools-officials-played-down-the-covid-19-threat.html] . After Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down the city’
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Today marks the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the end of WWII in Europe. And, while we are currently in the midst of a very different kind of battle, it’s encouraging hope to look back on the students and faculty right here in Brooklyn who helped
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Photo byCharles Deluvio [https://unsplash.com/@charlesdeluvio?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/zoom-meeting?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.
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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 Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/5/21247484/coronavirus-screens-school-diversity] In Manhattan’s District 2, where getting
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Photo via James Madison.MARINE PARK – To honor its new graduates in a pandemic, the plain black gate that is usually surrounding James Madison High School is now decorated with photos of graduating seniors of the class of 2020. Principal Jodie Cohen and her staff wanted to do something to
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Reema Amin and Matt Barnum, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York The state of New York is tapping the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine” education and virtual schooling as millions of students learn from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered few details on Tuesday when
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Chancellor Richard Carranza sits far left. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/28/21240100/nyc-school-grading-policy-coronavirus] New York City schools will relax normal
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Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerEarlier today, parents, teachers, students, advocates, and elected officials urged the Mayor to cut the bloated middle management and contracts at the Departement of Education (DOE), not on-the-ground services schools desperately need, make sure that all agencies share fairly in the belt-tightening, and
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Photo by Patricia Prudente on UnsplashChristina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/21/21230508/nyc-students-need-an-ipad-for-remote-learning-the-deadline-to-request-one-is-thursday] Time is ticking for students who need a city-issued device to participate in remote learning while school buildings are closed due to the coronavirus. Families must submit a