Updated: NYC Schools Will Close Effective Monday (3/17) Until April 20th (or later)
Updated (3/15 – 5;30): de Blasio announces school will close tomorrow through April 20th, at least. Centers for children of health care workers will be announced. This coming week schools will be open for “grab and go” meals to take home.
Training for teachers for online teaching Tuesday through Thursday. Remote learning will begin Monday, 3/23 on Department website.
Number of confirmed cases 329 and increasing rapidly, five deaths,
In the last few days the calls for school closings have accelerated, the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten (Watch MSNBC interview here), Michael Mulgrew, the President of the United Federation of Teachers (Read statement here), the Los Angeles School District (Read statement here) all support closing schools.
Tens of thousands of page views quoted Diane Ravitch as supporting school closing, Diane responded, she was misquoted.
Most of the thirty largest school districts will be closed this week.
An op ed in the New York Times, “We Do Not Need to Close School to Fight the Coronavirus” argues “shutdowns could likely do more harm than good, since CONTINUE READING: Updated: NYC Schools Will Close Effective Monday (3/17) Until April 20th (or later) | Ed In The Apple