As with every school district around the country, it was difficult returning back to a five day-a-week school schedule after remote learning, massive staff shortages, inconsistent health guidelines, the resurgence of Covid-19, the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, and other… Continue Reading
Teachers who work in New York City public schools are used to handling different challenges. We are the largest school district in the country. However, when the Covid-19 virus continued to ravage the city and the country, teachers… Continue Reading
NYC teachers completed a year of teaching unlike any other. This is the second part of my conversation with teachers who discussed their fears of reopening schools during the pandemic. Now, with a whole year of teaching completed during the… Continue Reading
HallPassbreak is now on season three! What better way to celebrate than with music! During the last weeks of August, NYC NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio provided vaccinated NYers with free concerts around the city. The Homecoming concert series began… Continue Reading
The Homecoming NYC concert series was a gift to vaccinated NYers to celebrate Hip-Hop across the five boroughs ending with a massive concert with all-star musicians on the Great Lawn in Central Park. In this episode, concertgoers who include, students… Continue Reading
How can people of color create spaces of joy, love, and acceptance? AfroPunk, a two-day music and cultural festival, shows how we can redefine our own space to just be. Originally a documentary, showcasing black people in predominantly white spaces… Continue Reading
At the end of August, Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park becomes a space of black joy. AfroPunk, a 2-day festival, celebrates artists from every genre of music. Besides recognizing the diversity in black culture, it offers so much more. In this… Continue Reading
Dr. Chris Emdin, a Professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, has a gift of sharing his own stories as a former NYC Public School teacher and infusing it with his research as a professor to offer practical tips on… Continue Reading
The second episode about Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University and author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the rest of Ya’ll too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. He wants teachers to… Continue Reading
When the pandemic began last March, for many educators it was a huge learning curve in teaching their students online. How did teachers get through the rest of the year? By starting a book club! With the support of… Continue Reading