What impacts student learning? Teachers, school leaders, counselors, parent-school partnerships. Access to quality books and materials, curriculum.
And seemingly mundane things. Like air conditioners.
NYC Mayor DiBlasio introduced an initiative to put an air conditioner in every NYC classroom by 2022. Next week, our school is getting eight new air conditioners funded by the city. (Thank you Mayor!)
However, since summer, when the city surveyed our school, several more ACs had broken. I decided to replace these ACs from our school budget before Spring when classrooms would get hot. Continue reading