UFT raises concerns about NYC dropping snow days, report says
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The United Federation of Teachers said there would be challenges transitioning to remote learning in lieu of snow days, according to Chalkbeat. (Staten Island Advance/Bill Lyons) Staff-ShotStaff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. After New York City education officials announced that students will shift to remote instruction in lieu of canceling school due to severe weather like snow, the city’s teachers union said it wouldn’t be an easy transition, according to a recent report by Chalkbeat.
When it released its 2021-2022 school calendar, the city Department of Education (DOE) announced last month that there won’t be any more snow days for students, and instead will move to remote learning to help the city reach its state-mandated 180 days of instruction.
A fifth grade Black boy died in New York last week, a day after he said he was punched in the back of the head by classmate.
On the early afternoon of Friday, May 7, New York police and paramedics responded to a call from an apartment in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. When responders got to the scene, they spoke with an individual who claimed that his cousin had a headache and was throwing up, local station ABC 7 reported.
Romy Vilsaint, a 12-year-old native of Haiti, had previously told his family that two students at his school, P.S. 361, had jumped him on Wednesday as school was letting out, and the following day a classmate punched him in the back of the head on a dare for $1. The boy lost consciousness as paramedics were working on him at his home and was pronounced dead after being transported to Kings County Hospital.
US teacher suspended after alleged inappropriate sexual act during Zoom lesson May 10, 2021, 11:14 AM
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A New York City teacher was accused of an inappropriate sexual act during a Zoom lesson, per the New York Post.
The teacher at the Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering was suspended.
Investigators cited video showing her suck the nipple of an unidentified topless male in class.
A New York City teacher was suspended after investigators accused her of performing an inappropriate sexual act during a Zoom lesson.
The New York Post reported that the teacher in question was Amanda K. Fletcher, who taught at the Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering in Manhattan.
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