NYC Schools Quell the Virus Only to Face Education Challenges
- Frustration abounds with staff shortages, technical problems
- Teachers struggle to measure student engagement and attendance
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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New York City has successfully kept Covid-19 from invading its school buildings, offering hope to a nation hesitant to return children to classrooms. Now it must maintain those low levels as it tries to lure more students.
America’s largest public-school system begins its only opt-in period Monday for remote-school students willing to give a blended program a shot. If they don’t switch by Nov. 15, they will be remote for the rest of the school year -- an option that district officials say results in students learning less than with in-class instruction.