Summer is coming to a close for NYC Public School educators, but David C. Banks, the Chancellor of NYC Public Schools, has a plan for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.  Some of which include an expansion of partnerships with businesses… Continue Reading →

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Just like summer, season four of HallPassBreak is back in full swing! Jordan Peele’s latest horror film “Nope” may make you question if it is safe to look at the sky.  Have no fear! Two Astrophysicists, Dr. Ramon Lopez and… Continue Reading →

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Happy New Year! As we reflect on all that has happened in education so far, we look back to August 2021 when schools across the nation were opening before NYC schools did in September.  Just as the school year began,… Continue Reading →

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Many school districts around the country were reopening before NYC Public schools did in September 2021. Mask and vaccine mandates along with Covid-19 outbreaks in the surrounding communities caused many schools to temporarily go remote.  Despite these challenges, one school… Continue Reading →

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NYC teachers completed a year of teaching unlike any other. This is the second part of my conversation with teachers who discussed their fears of reopening schools during the pandemic. Now, with a whole year of teaching completed during the… Continue Reading →

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The Homecoming NYC concert series was a gift to vaccinated NYers to celebrate Hip-Hop across the five boroughs ending with a massive concert with all-star musicians on the Great Lawn in Central Park.  In this episode, concertgoers who include, students… Continue Reading →

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At the end of August, Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park becomes a space of black joy. AfroPunk, a 2-day festival, celebrates artists from every genre of music. Besides recognizing the diversity in black culture, it offers so much more. In this… Continue Reading →

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The second episode about Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University and author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the rest of Ya’ll too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. He wants teachers to… Continue Reading →

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There are so many book clubs to join, but as an educator it may be hard to find the time and space to do so.  This was not the case for the elementary school teachers at PS 536 in the… Continue Reading →

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We have heard from politicians, the mayor of NYC, the Chancellor, the Union, scientists, doctors, parents and every specialist talk about the case for reopening the largest school system in the country, New York City Public Schools. What do teachers… Continue Reading →

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