#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

“#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves” Bad enough parents must play Red Light, Green Light on kids’ in-person learning; worse, the rules of the game are unclear, ever-changing and set sometimes by Mayor de Blasio, sometimes by Gov. ­Cuomo — two officials who are rarely on the same page. Families are now again wondering: Are their…

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#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

“#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars” The oddities of remote instruction now include teachers who can conduct classes just about anywhere — from the back seat of a moving car to a backyard hammock, officials acknowledge. A student at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn was stunned last week when teacher Nyeesha…

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#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!

#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!

“#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!” City Hall and the Department of Education blindsided parents again Monday, this time with an announcement that November would be the only time they can opt their kids out of all-remote learning for the rest of the school year. For months, Chancellor Richard Carranza told parents they’d…

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#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student

#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student

“#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student” The city will have to give a laptop loaded with “culturally responsive” textbooks to every student under a bill to be introduced next week by Council Members Ben Kallos and Farah Louis. The measure was prompted by a Department of Education official’s stunning testimony at…

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#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools

#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools

“#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools” In-person attendance at some Big Apple schools is so low, instead of students, teachers expect to see tumbleweeds rolling down the hallways, staffers told The Post. Three weeks after Mayor de Blasio trumpeted the reopening of schoolhouse doors to kids from 3-K to high school, the city Department of…

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