In an effort to address what they call the “educational crisis of our time,” Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks announced new details for their plan to overhaul literacy instruction in the city’s public schools.
Starting next school year, at least half the city’s elementary schools will be required to use one of three vetted reading curricula. For many schools that are not already using one of the new curricula, administrators will have to replace their materials and retrain their teachers.