New York City’s largest budget proposes spending millions on testing and tutoring (neighborhood)

[Aeran]

https://www.amny.com/news/new-york-c...-and-tutoring/

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is proposing spending $500 million dollars to help public school students catch up on lost learning after a tumultuous school year during the pandemic as part of his 2022 budget.

“A recovery for all of us starts by investing in working families across New York City. The pandemic hit us hard but together we will fight back and drive a recovery in every neighborhood,” de Blasio said during remarks before announcing the budget. The city council will now have until June 1 to modify and pass de Blasio’s proposed executive budget with spending to go into effect a month later.

[Cida]

They should coax retired teachers and impoverished grad students to do tutoring.

I've been considering volunteering for a literacy program to work with kids whose reading skills needed practice, but the groups make it so hard.