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Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Bill Chong today announced Summer Rising, the City’s free, summer plan for any child in grades K-12 who wants to participate. For the first time ever, the City will use the Community Schools strategy to integrate the New York City Department of Education’s (NYCDOE’s) academic supports and DYCD’s school-based enrichment programming to create a comprehensive summer program during the most critical summer for New York City students. Summer Rising will be student-centered, experiential, academically rigorous and culturally responsive and sustaining.
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04/14/2021 03:57 PM EDT
With much of organized labor having already taken sides in the New York City mayor’s race, all eyes turn now to the United Federation of Teachers a powerful arm of the American Federation of Teachers whose endorsement could bring a significant boost to the mayoral hopeful who gets the nod.