Education News Roundup

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 21, 2022

Michael Elsen-Rooney, education reporter for the New York Daily News, discusses the latest news in NYC schools including mask mandates, graduation rates, and more.

Plus, we hear calls from #PandemicEd teachers, school workers, and parents respond to prompt: "After 2 pandemic years, my students are more __ than they were in 2019."

The not so great: they are more unmoored socially, emotionally, and with the basics on academics. On the flip side, this has made them much more flexible and able to go with the flow.
— Μαρια (@misszeeeeee) February 21, 2022

My students are more lazy. They spent 2 years at home watching cartoons and cartoons and TikTok and games. Now in class the students don't want to do homeworks..
— RadioMan Tech, Inc. (@IncRadioman) February 21, 2022

@BrianLehrer disengaged angry emotional violent desperately looking for connection #PandemicEd
— A. H. Marquez (@AMARQUEZ66) February 21, 2022

I'm a 5th grade special Ed teacher. After 2 years my students are still getting back lost time on skills, but they are more aware of and engaged with the world.
— Greg H-R (@ghillries) February 21, 2022

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