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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) The coronavirus pandemic has been tough on so many, including children, and New York City schools plan to address it with mental health screenings for students.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced their mental health plan to support students this fall as part of the 2021 Student Achievement Plan.
The first phase will focus on the 27 communities hardest hit by COVID-19, with plans to make these critical mental health supports available to students citywide.
The mental health plan includes screening students socially, emotionally, and academically, while also calling for the hiring of additional social workers.
New Admissions Changes For NYC Middle & High Schools “First Step” Towards Diversity, Advocates Say
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The city’s new changes to the middle and high school admissions process are being cheered by some advocates as overdue steps to address segregation in the New York City public school system.
On Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a major overhaul to the middle school admissions process to eliminate all selective screens metrics like test scores, attendance, and grades for the 2021-2022 academic year. The city Department of Education will also lift district priority for high schools altogether this year, followed by geographic priorities next year.
NEW YORK (AP) New York City is changing its admission system for hundreds of middle and high schools, officials said Friday in announcing one of the most significant steps the nation s largest school system has taken in years to address racial segregation.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is suspending academic merit-based screening for its selective middle schools for at least a year, partly because the coronavirus pandemic has scrambled test, attendance and grading data that the schools have used to grant admission to top-performing elementary school kids.
It wouldn t be fair for schools to rely on two-year-old data about children so young, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said. Instead, a lottery would be used when schools have more applicants than available seats.
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Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT
US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
The move marks the world’s first authorization for Moderna’s shots. The vaccine is very similar to one from Pfizer Inc. and Germany’s BioNTech that’s now being dispensed to millions of health care workers and nursing home residents as the biggest vaccination drive in U.S. history starts to ramp up.