What to know about the hottest ticket in NYC, Summer Rising
From Chalkbeat: Just one week after New York City opened up applications for Summer Rising, its ambitious program that melds academics and camp-like activities, most elementary school sites have already filled up. Of 267 schools offering K-5 programs, fewer than 30 still had openings, according to the education department’s enrollment portal as of Monday afternoon. […]
TikTok videos and teacher calls: How a South Side Chicago school increased vaccine uptake
More than a dozen elementary school students, sporting bright yellow T-shirts with the words: “Doing my part. Vaccinated,” walked down a hallway at Dunne STEM Academy and recited lines while filming a public service announcement. In take after take, students corrected one another on pronunciation and encouraged classmates to carry on if they fumbled a […]
Persistence is key: NYC families of students with disabilities share stories of their pandemic year
Persistence is key: NYC families of students with disabilities share stories of their pandemic year Remote learning has proved uniquely challenging for the roughly 200,000 New York City public school students classified with disabilities — many of whom haven’t received all of their mandated support services this school year. To hear about what was and […]
