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UNICEF’s Makani programme supports national efforts in remote learning amid COVID pandemic By Sarah Abu Zaid - May 04,2021 - Last updated at May 04,2021 UNICEF’s Makani Programme provides remote services for the most vulnerable children in Jordan through the provision of remote learning support services through the Makani Remote Services component (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) AMMAN — UNICEF’s Makani Programme provides remote services for the most vulnerable children in Jordan through the ...

It’ll be a good long while before anyone knows the full extent of the learning loss suffered by 700,000ish New York City public-school kids who’ve been attending class remotely, or the 300,000ish who’ve been learning at least partially in-person, since COVID descended. But educated guesses say hundreds of thousands of students have made minimal gains, stalled or backslid. Repairing the academic damage done is a gargantuan challenge, as is helping youngsters who’ve been missing the social...

Coronavirus Economic Weekly News 18April 2021 News posted last week about economic effects related to the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some articles are summarized here. We cover the latest economic data, especially the new coronavirus relief bill and stimulus checks, government funding, the latest employment data, housing market reports, mortgage delinquencies & forbearance, layoffs, lockdowns, and schools, as well as GDP. The ...

Learning pods are now helping vulnerable students. Will the trend survive the pandemic? Share this story Courtesy of Ascend investigating learning differences, special education and other education challenges in city schools. Like many New York City charter schools, Brooklyn’s Ascend network started off the year fully remote. But just a few months in, it became clear: Remote learning wasn’t working for certain students. Attendance dipped, and teachers struggled to reach students at the n...

NYC summer school 2021: field trips, academics, and open to all students Share this story Jeffrey Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images New York City is ditching its traditional summer school model, opening programming to all students, not just those who have fallen behind with coursework, officials announced Tuesday. The city will also mix camp and school activities, offering on both field trips and academics for students who have gone for more than a year without opportunitie...

As public school enrollment plummets citywide, hard-hit West Harlem schools work to support students As public school enrollment plummets citywide, hard-hit West Harlem schools work to support students Joao Santos / Staff Photographer As public school enrollment plummets citywide, hard-hit West Harlem schools work to support students In the 2020-21 academic year, New York City’s average decrease in public school enrollment compared to the 2019-20 academic year was approximately 4 percent....

News of the planned school safety hires surfaced during a City Council hearing last week, when Kenyatte Reid, the executive director of the Education Department’s Office of Safety and Youth Development, sharply criticized the move.

Addressing educational inequity on Staten Island: ‘Who’s to blame?’ Updated Feb 16, 2021; Posted Feb 13, 2021 In an effort to seek the root causes of the educational struggles seen predominantly on the North Shore, an ad-hoc committee of the Staten Island branch of the NAACP gathered a panel of educators, administrators and community leaders to participate in a recent virtual forum. The event, titled "Whos to Blame?," was attended by about 100 people. (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alv...

When city preschools, elementary schools, and District 75 schools for students with complex special needs reopened for in-person classes in early December, city officials promised more stability. But the reality has been far more complicated, parents, staff and administrators claim is undercut by frequent school closures, ongoing staffing challenges and lingering gaps in city childcare networks.