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Thursday, September 10, 2020

NYC Public School Parents: Reopening schools amid funding cuts & how to minimize the harm of remote learning

NYC Public School Parents: Reopening schools amid funding cuts & how to minimize the harm of remote learning

Reopening schools amid funding cuts & how to minimize the harm of remote learning



On this week's "Talk out of School" I interviewed Jasmine Gripper, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education, about Governor Cuomo’s damaging and inequitable budget cuts to public schools. 
Then Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood, explained why schools need to minimize screen time and the use of ed tech apps and should protect student privacy during remote learning. He also explained how parents can advocate for this.  Resources below.
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 More resources here:
Alliance for Quality Education report: Set Up to Fail: How Cuomo’s School Cuts Target New York’s Black & Brown Students 
For more information on AQE’s planned 9/12/20 actions on school funding, contact  Maria@aqeny.org  
Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood’s statement urging schools to minimize screen time and ed tech 
Parent Toolkit for Student Privacy from CCFC and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy 

NYC Public School Parents: Reopening schools amid funding cuts & how to minimize the harm of remote learning