Eric Adams takes the lead in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. Here’s what that could mean for schools. (camp, salary)

[Aeran]

FYI. He'll probably be the next mayor unless...! Sliwa pulls it off.

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/22/2...e-2021-schools

Eric Adams — who might want to keep schools open year round and have a permanent remote learning option — snagged the most first-place votes in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor Tuesday. But the winner remains uncertain since the race won’t be officially called for weeks.

The Brooklyn borough president has talked about keeping school buildings open year-round and providing child care and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) programming during the summer. Adams would also create a long-term remote learning option — though he would not put 400 children with one virtual teacher, as he said at one point, raising eyebrows and ire across the city. He would fund online schooling by levying a data tax on big tech companies that sell private data to advertisers and others.

[Trisky]

Originally Posted by Aeran

FYI. He'll probably be the next mayor unless...! Sliwa pulls it off.

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/22/2...e-2021-schools

Eric Adams — who might want to keep schools open year round and have a permanent remote learning option — snagged the most first-place votes in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor Tuesday. But the winner remains uncertain since the race won’t be officially called for weeks.

The Brooklyn borough president has talked about keeping school buildings open year-round and providing child care and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) programming during the summer. Adams would also create a long-term remote learning option — though he would not put 400 children with one virtual teacher, as he said at one point, raising eyebrows and ire across the city. He would fund online schooling by levying a data tax on big tech companies that sell private data to advertisers and others.

How does he plan to keep schools open year round with no air conditioning?

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by Trisky

How does he plan to keep schools open year round with no air conditioning?

Talk is cheap. Putting in and running air conditioning would be hugely expensive

[bluedog2]

Originally Posted by Aeran

FYI. He'll probably be the next mayor unless...! Sliwa pulls it off.

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/22/2...e-2021-schools

Eric Adams — who might want to keep schools open year round and have a permanent remote learning option — snagged the most first-place votes in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor Tuesday. But the winner remains uncertain since the race won’t be officially called for weeks.

The Brooklyn borough president has talked about keeping school buildings open year-round and providing child care and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) programming during the summer. Adams would also create a long-term remote learning option — though he would not put 400 children with one virtual teacher, as he said at one point, raising eyebrows and ire across the city. He would fund online schooling by levying a data tax on big tech companies that sell private data to advertisers and others.

Oh,wow, a data tax on tech companies. WTF is that ? Is there such a thing ? How is he going to implement
it ? Will tech companies revolt ?
I don't see this happening but with ideas like this I can tell it's going to be a fun 4 years!

[jonbenson]

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[FuriousMaximum]

Better him than crackpot Maya Wiley. The lesser of 2 evils by far, and if he keeps the remote learning train going, then he at least has 1 policy I can support from Day 1.

[Llol45519]

Originally Posted by FuriousMaximum

Better him than crackpot Maya Wiley. The lesser of 2 evils by far, and if he keeps the remote learning train going, then he at least has 1 policy I can support from Day 1.

How come you support remote learning? Feels like kids are losing out on that one.

[Dave 92 LSC]

History repeats itself.

4 years of nothingness ahead.

[FuriousMaximum]

Originally Posted by Llol45519

How come you support remote learning? Feels like kids are losing out on that one.

Good question. I hope the following is a good answer. I personally have a few reasons why it's helpful but also I acknowledge big picture why it isn't helpful


The positives of remote learning.

- I love my kids, and we get to see eachother more.
- I have a schedule that allows for this. I umderstand this is rare for many.
- The teachers have seen how I personally create materials to add on to my kids' schooling.
- I like being able to see and hear what is being taught. Physical schools have a real bad beef with parents seeing what is being taught.
- For parents that have kids that don't do well in group settings, this helps them.
- Quite a few schools in NYC are so awful that exposure to them is actually a huge detriment to their well-being.
- I'm actually on the side of teachers who might want to teach from home, teachers deserve a break too.
- Also, especially in the cases of those few awful schools, the less exposure the teachers to the most belligerent students, the better.

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The negatives of remote learning.

- Social skills can usually only be buffed by actually socializing.
- Lack of physical activity, even as mundane as all the stairs in school. I have them jog and do pushups but, it's not the same as a gym class or sports team.
- Most parents -require- physical school in order to maintain a job. Big picture? When parents can't work the economy suffers, and even the family dynamic can suffer.
- The possible fiscal cost associated with remote learning (although this aspect requires careful analysis just by itself).

So, -if- what Adams is proposing, to at least preserve the -option- of remote schooling , I support that!

[gx89]

My wife is a teacher. They told everyone free summer school this year. Her district just bumped the numbers to 200 kids total. Her school alone had 138 requests. The reasons they can’t accommodate. No teachers (43 in her school) are willing to Work. It will be the same if they try year round school. Teacher aren’t going to do it. Even at full salary it my lady wouldn’t do it. She drives a mini bus 90 min a day and our kids go to a fancy camp for free that would cost 16k for the 2 of em and she makes 2k still. Many teachers do the same.