A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
Back to School for Visually-Impaired Children Going back to school is an exciting time full of new beginnings. This is an opportunity to develop open communication with... Education Guide 14 Sep 2022 | 01:48
Students work on their art at the Corlears School. Photo: Christine Walker Checking in on Independent Schools The children are doing great, at a glance. They are joyful and learning, eager to start school each day. Educators are determined... Education Guide 04 Feb 2022 | 05:21
Mayor Eric Adams visits P.S. 60 Alice Austen School on Staten Island on January 7, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Public School Challenge To grasp the scale of disruption COVID-19 has wrought on the public schools, consider this one number: 16,916 students have... Education Guide 04 Feb 2022 | 06:06
Inspiring Students During the Pandemic When I started teaching college students at Stony Brook University in January 2014, it dawned on me – quickly, and inevitably... Education Guide 04 Feb 2022 | 12:29
Barnard College campus. Photo: Carrie Glasser, via Barnard College on Twitter Tools to Safeguard Students’ Mental Health I recently met (over Zoom) with a dozen first-year students to hear how their semester at Barnard College was going. Although... Education Guide 04 Feb 2022 | 11:45
Students Need More Computer Training For Our Increasingly Digital World From work to school to home, digital technology is everywhere. Given its growing influence, students must be equipped with... Education Guide 02 Feb 2022 | 02:07
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
