#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

“#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school” New York City schoolchildren are sweating out another sweltering summer in classrooms without air conditioning. “It’s brutal every year,” said Shawanda Weems, an English teacher at PS/MS 15 in the University Heights section of the Bronx, who recorded indoor temps as high as 88 degrees this week….

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#NYC teacher: Stop watering down math

#NYC teacher: Stop watering down math

“#NYC teacher: Stop watering down math” Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies, a top Chelsea middle school, angered parents this week when its principal announced it was scrapping accelerated math classes. The program, co-founded by teacher Maggie Boyd Feurtado, gave students who showed aptitude in math the opportunity to learn higher concepts. Now the school…

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#Legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies

#Legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies

“#Legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies” CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When the Asian American Student Union at a Connecticut high school organized a Zoom call following the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, senior Lily Feng thought maybe 10 or 15 classmates would attend. When she logged on, more than 50 people from her school…

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#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic

#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic

“#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic” In the spring of 2020, after the pandemic shuttered schools worldwide, 210,000 students in the Indian state of Telangana (sounds like TELL-in-Ghana) experienced a startling local version of a global problem. The students attend high-quality boarding schools, run by the state, for…

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