#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE

#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE

“#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE” Chancellor Richard Carranza’s highly anticipated new grading policy for this school year will again ban failing marks, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post, riling educators and parents. The city Department of Education document, titled “Grading Policy 2020-2021,” says schools should use the…

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#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID

#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID

“#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID” Remote learning could help to remake the city’s coveted Gifted and Talented programs, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said Thursday night. Speaking to members of a Queens parental advisory board, Carranza said the Department of Education is weighing how entry into accelerated programs will be…

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#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working

#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working

“#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working” One silver lining of sorts from this whole dreadful pandemic: It has exposed the fundamental dysfunction of the city’s public-schools system and the utter incompetence of Chancellor Richard Carranza. Any learning now happening is despite Carranza, his bureaucracy and the United Federation of Teachers….

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