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NYCDOE – Academic Policy FAQs (but no real answers) | JD2718

NYCDOE – Academic Policy FAQs (but no real answers) | JD2718

NYCDOE – Academic Policy FAQs (but no real answers)



When the DoE puts out information, I jump on it. Teachers, principals, programmers – we don’t know what the DoE policies will be for September. We want to know their intentions. We need it for planning. Actually, many of us want the DoE to just get it over with and switch us to fully remote. We know they will eventually. But for now we want their interim answers and guidelines.
And so when I found an official NYC Department of Education “Academic Policies for Return to School 2020: Frequently Asked Questions” document in my inbox, I dropped what I was doing and began reading. Carefully. Deeply. Looking, but perplexed. Where were the answers? They asked some wrong questions. But mostly they did not give meaningful answers. Let’s look together.
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Proudly publishing questions without answers falls in the same category . They are all equivalent to advertising that someone famous read your book, or watched your movie, without bothering to mention if they said anything about it.

New York City Department of Education – Academic Policy FAQs for Return to School 2020

First, here’s the document: academic-policy-faqs-for-return-to-school-2020
Let’s take a “deep dive” into it. Only, don’t expect to gain much knowledge.
    1. Must schools meet the unit of study requirements for 2020-21? CONTINUE READING: NYCDOE – Academic Policy FAQs (but no real answers) | JD2718