Frustrated parents say remote learning classes are too big to be effective

Monday September 28, 2020 [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT [Overwhelmed Teachers And Overcrowded Virtual Classes: Some Parents Say Remote Learning Is Failing Their Kids]( [Lindsey Yang, a kindergarten teacher, appears on an iPad screen that belongs to a child remote learning.]( ["It makes me feel like my kids are being cheated."]( [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Nurses and doctors gather at a rally at Elmhurst Hospital Center, which was the epicenter of NYC's COVID-19 outbreak.]( [Black New Yorkers Waited 7 Days On Average To Seek Care For COVID-19. It Cost Some Their Lives]( At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Latino New Yorkers died from the virus at rates much higher than their representation in the general population. [People gather for a protest calling on New York to cancel rent outside of Brooklyn housing court on August 6th, 2020.]( [Tenant Advocates Call Cuomo's New Order Postponing Evictions "Misleading" And Light On Details]( "The devil is in the details, and we have yet to see an executive order with any specifics." [An orthodox Jewish man walks last year through the parking lot of a supermarket, in Spring Valley, N.Y. during a measles outbreak.]( [Rockland County, Once The Epicenter Of COVID-19 Crisis, Now Has Two Communities With Soaring Positivity Rates]( The county leads a list of 10 ZIP codes that now have the highest positivity rates in New York state. [A sign asks visitors to a public school to wear masks before entering]( [What Your Kid’s Day Might Look Like In K-5 This Year]( This week is when most of the city’s public school students will come back to their school buildings, with the Department of Education estimating about 540,000 students will return for blended learning over the week. [Teachers protest, holding up signs that read, "Hunter's Opening Gets An F" and "Save Lives. Save Jobs. Save CUNY," outside Hunter College High School recently.]( [Schools Update: City Council's Education Committee Forced To Delay School Reopening Hearing]( "If they do not agree to appear at a rescheduled hearing on or before October 15th then we will do everything in our Charter-given powers to compel their attendance." [People walking in Williamsburg on Saturday.]( [Coronavirus Updates: NYC Health Officials Say They Are Starting To See A Rise In Overall COVID-19 Hospitalization]( The city's overall positivity rate is now nearly 2%, after hovering around 1% for weeks. [Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA