OMG! Is Mayoral Control a Disaster? Is it Time to Elect School Boards in New York City? | Ed In The Apple
OMG! Is Mayoral Control a Disaster? Is it Time to Elect School Boards in New York City?
On October 1, after two delays, threats of a “safety” strike, seemingly endless criticisms from the teachers and supervisor unions, schools opened. Half the students opted for fully online instruction and the other half for two/three days a week in-person. The Department, somehow, did not see the complexity, one cohort of teachers in school, teaching different cohorts two/three days a week, another cohort of teachers teaching fully remote students and other teachers doing both in 1600 public schools in 1200 buildings. (See 8/27/20 Memorandum of Agreement here) A few days before school reopening the teacher union (UFT) and the Department announced another agreement (See Memorandum of Agreement on Remote Teaching here) Teachers who were teaching a remote cohort of students from school could teach from at home, principals having, for the umpteenth time, to re-program the teacher cohort schedules at the last minute. The Council of Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) executive board voted unanimously to ask the state to take over the Department of Education.
