Friends bond at the Browning School. Photo courtesy of the Browning School Ready for the ‘Next Normal’ After an upbeat spring buoyed by the promise of a widely vaccinated population and return to pre-pandemic activities, the... Education Guide 14 Aug 2021 | 10:48
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Meisha Porter (center) joined school leadership for Summer Rising at P.S. 6 in Brooklyn on July 6, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Lessons for a New School Year Even just a few weeks ago, parents and educators held a much rosier view of what this school year could be with a vaccine... Education Guide 13 Aug 2021 | 04:51
Rachel Colon, LCSW, of Mount Sinai. Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center ( Dexter) When Back to School Spells Anxiety This fall, in-person learning at New York City’s public schools will become the only option forward, more than a year after... Education Guide 12 Aug 2021 | 02:40
Bard High School Early College acceptance board early in the year. Photo: Darya Foroohar The Growing Popularity of College Credit Programs At the beginning of the school year, the whiteboard in the student activities center of Bard High School Early College (BHSEC)... Education Guide 12 Aug 2021 | 03:44
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” resonated with Will Johnson’s ninth-grade class. Photos via Amazon.com This Wasn’t a ‘Lost Year’ Back in February, on a cold Friday night in the middle of our pandemic winter, one of my ninth grade students emailed me... Education Guide 10 Aug 2021 | 09:40
A report from the progressive think tank New America evaluates the successes and failures to provide a roadmap for online education in the future. Photo: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report A Roadmap for High-Quality Online Education The March 2020 shift from face-to-face classes to what many call “Zoom University” was triage for faculty and administrators... Education Guide 12 Aug 2021 | 09:53
Photo courtesy of International Academy of New York. Learning from ‘Gratitude Groups’ At a time when schools have been challenged to stay connected to their communities when they can’t be together in person... Education Guide 25 Feb 2021 | 09:51
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza at Leaders of Tomorrow Middle School in the Bronx to welcome students and celebrate reopening on February 25, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A New Chancellor’s Challenge For teachers and students in New York City, the last 12 months have been full of trauma, isolation and uncertainty. The shift... Education Guide 24 Feb 2021 | 10:26
Zoom with Benefits For the past 11 months, I’ve taught college classes thanks to Zoom on topics as diverse as, well, diversity and inclusion... Education Guide 22 Feb 2021 | 02:45
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza discussed school reopening plans at City Hall on Friday, July 31, 2020. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Facing the Fall The month before a new school year begins is traditionally full of familiar rituals: school supply shopping, comparing class... Education Guide 01 Aug 2020 | 03:25
Curious Cardinals founders Audrey Wisch and Alec Katz. Photo courtesy of Curious Cardinals. Growing an Education Startup in a Pandemic In a traditional classroom, teachers don’t ask students what they want to learn. This model almost assumes students don’t... Education Guide 31 Jul 2020 | 03:46
Photo: NYU Tandon School of Engineering Mixing it up at Engineering School Like most colleges around the country, New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering is resuming classes this fall... Education Guide 31 Jul 2020 | 09:46
Utilizing outdoor spaces. Photo courtesy of Pine Street Middle School Private School Lesson Plans Jim Gaines, Admissions Director, Pine Street School/Green Ivy Schools: Pine Street School is NYC’s only fully-accredited International... Education Guide 30 Jul 2020 | 05:20
Manhattan School of Music’s virtual performance of Beethoven Symphony 3, “Eroica,” on YouTube. Photo: @msm.nyc on Instagram The Virtual Shift in Music Education No field has remained unaffected during the coronavirus pandemic, and education is no exception. Music education has been... Education Guide 21 Jul 2020 | 03:16
Photo courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action. A Vision for the Next Generation of Testing When schools were shuttered around the country two months ago, the pandemic did what nearly a decade of activist parents... Education Guide 21 Jul 2020 | 03:14
