#Letters to the Editor — April 12, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 12, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 12, 2021” The Issue: Karol Markowicz’s column arguing that NYC schools should open fully for in-person learning. Thank you for putting Karol Markowicz’s “Open the schools” on the front page (April 9). Please keep pushing on this. I have three children in three different public schools, two of which…

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#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity

#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity

“#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity” In New York City and nationally, school shutdowns without question do the most harm to minority, low-income and special-needs students. And it’s beyond outrageous that the teacher-union leaders who are behind the most egregious public-school closures pretend the opposite. They’re making things easier on…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2021” The Issue: The Post’s suggestions on how the city can recover from the pandemic and residents moving away. Conspicuous in its absence from The Post’s advice to heal Gotham is the issue of people working from home (“How new leader can heal Goth­am,” Editorial, April 8). For…

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#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school

#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school

“#De Blasio must order NYC teachers back to school” It’s past time for Mayor Bill de Blasio to reopen all public schools, full time, shut down hybrid learning and end remote instruction. Period.   Instead, all he’s done is give parents one last chance to opt-in to in-person classes —because that’s the most United Federation…

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#New York City’s ‘school reopenings’ remain a sick joke

#New York City’s ‘school reopenings’ remain a sick joke

“#New York City’s ‘school reopenings’ remain a sick joke” Mayor Bill de Blasio is making a fair show of reopening city schools, but the reality is another story entirely. Local Catholic and private schools have been doing in-person instruction since September with no signs of significant outbreaks. Meanwhile, about 70 percent of public-school students are…

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#De Blasio’s pathetic school reopenings fail the parent test

#De Blasio’s pathetic school reopenings fail the parent test

“#De Blasio’s pathetic school reopenings fail the parent test” Mayor Bill de Blasio’s so-called “gold standard” school-reopening performance is a bitter joke to many angry city parents who’ve panned his effort as a “farce” and a failure. Pre-K and elementary schools reopened for full-time in-person classes in late December and middle schools followed last month….

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