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Articles by Zoë Kirsch

Zoë Kirsch is a senior reporter at The 74.

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Articles by Zoë Kirsch

Andrew Yang Courts Parents Pushing to Fully Reopen NYC Schools

New York’s City 3-K Expansion A Relief for Many Families Struggling During the Pandemic

Spared Debt Over Missing Students, NYC Principals Plan How to Use Money to Ease COVID Learning Loss

74 Interview: Christine Quinn, Former NYC City Council Speaker and One-Time Mayoral Frontrunner, Talks Helping Homeless Students Through the Pandemic

As NYC Moves to Reopen High Schools in Two Weeks, Students Are Both Torn About Returning and Weary of Staying Home

School Without Walls: Program Created by 110-Year-Old Black Church Becomes ‘Lifesaver’ for Wisconsin Parents

NYC Schools Get First Black Female Chancellor as Carranza Abruptly Resigns During Ongoing COVID Crisis

Nearly a Year Into Remote Learning, How 3 NYC Teachers Are Digging Deep to Connect With Their Students Through a Screen

Pandemic Learning Loss, Police in Schools, Desegregation: NYC’s Mayoral Hopefuls Talk Education Issues at Child Advocate Forum

Interest in COVID Vaccine is Mounting Among NYC Teachers, As Supply Chain Runs Dry

Medical Accommodations for At-Risk Teachers Vary

74 Interview: AFT’s Randi Weingarten Talks Tying School Reopening to Teacher Vaccine Rollout, Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill

Pandemic Brings Long-Sought Admissions Changes to NYC’s Highly Segregated Schools

Under Pressure: As Mayor Insists Schools Go Five Days a Week, NYC Principals Receive Notice That They Owe Money for Missing Students

New York City’s Homeless Students Top 100,000 Again, Advocates Say School Reopening Plan Leaves Them Behind

NYC Releases Racial Breakdown for In-Person Student Learning

With NYC Preschool Families Facing Disparities as Some Classrooms Are Closed, America’s Largest District Announces Return of 5-Day Instruction for Youngest Learners

Mayor Closes New York City Schools as COVID Cases Climb and Parents Protest

Democrats Achieve Long-Shot Supermajority in New York State Senate, Potentially Creating School Funding Boon

Amid Rising COVID Cases and Concerns About Instruction, NYC Parents Face Deadline for Returning Students to In-Person Learning

New Mexico Voters Approve $156M Bond for Higher Ed, Tribal Schools and Schools for the Visually and Hearing-Impaired

Colorado Votes Yes on Raising Taxes on Smoking and Vaping to Fund Education

Washington State Sex Education Bill Passes With Strong Support

Democrat Ricky Hurtado Unseats GOP Incumbent Stephen Ross in North Carolina State House Race

New York Democrats Could Win Big in the State Senate this Fall. Here’s What That Could Mean for Education Funding

The Air They Breathe: NYC Teachers’ School Ventilation Complaint Spotlights Complex Challenge

As the Governor and the Mayor Disagree, NYC Parents and Educators Search for Clear Guidance on In-Person Schooling

High Anxiety: NYC Elementary School Students Return to School Tuesday Amid Confusion and Distrust

The First Day of School Came and Went for NYC Special Needs Students Stranded Without a Nurse or Other Adult Required to Ride the Bus With Them

As Mayor Delays NYC School Reopening a Second Time, Parents, Students and Educators Disillusioned and Wary

Data Exclusive: Scores of New York City Schools Still Unclear Who Will Evaluate Students With COVID Symptoms a Week Before Reopening

74 Interview: Teaching Lab CEO Sarah Johnson on the Importance of One-on-One Interactions, What Not to Ask Students on the First Day of School, and Why Less Is More With Tech

New York City Sidesteps the Threat of a Teacher Strike by Delaying Reopening, but Will It Be Enough Time?

New Data Reveal COVID-19’s Harsh Toll on Latino Community; 50% of Latino Parents Say They May Not Send Their Children Back to School

74 Interview: NYC Council Member Mark Treyger on 11 Unknowns in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s School Reopening Plan

NYC Teachers Union Issues New School Safety Checklist and Coronavirus Testing Demands, Warns Nation’s Top District Not Ready to Reopen on Schedule

Exclusive: NYC Teachers Union Launches Its Own Investigation of School Building Air Quality Amid COVID Threat, UFT President Says

Lessons From a Global Reckoning: Students’ Racial Backgrounds Largely Misrepresented on NYC Summer Reading Lists, Exclusive Analysis Reveals

Lessons From a Global Reckoning: New York City’s Implicit Bias Workshop Goes Remote in the Shadow of Budget Cuts and the Spotlight of Black Lives Matter

NYC Mayor Unveils Partial School Reopening Plan, but Questions Loom About Logistics, Safety and Learning

As a Racial Reckoning Sweeps the Nation, Parents Still Await a ‘Rallying Cry’ to Change How Race and History Are Taught in Schools

DACA Teachers Across the Country Embrace SCOTUS Ruling Allowing Them to ‘Live, Work Without Fear’

18 States and D.C. Sue DeVos to Block Changes to Title IX Sexual Misconduct Rules

CUNY Moves Quickly to Distribute $118M in Federal Aid Directly to Students at Same Time It Faces Ire Over Potentially Deep Course Cuts

District, Charter & Private School Leaders — Two of Them at the Pandemic’s NYC Epicenter — Rally to Offer Students Social-Emotional Support Remotely

From NYC Parents to Principals, Mayor De Blasio’s Decision During COVID-19 to Fill Teacher Openings From Troubled Absent Teacher Reserve Sparks Worries

Puzzles Are Bringing Families Together During the Pandemic — They Are Also a Boon to Young Children’s Developing Brains

As COVID-19 Keeps Most Schools Shuttered for the Rest of the Year, a Growing Number in Wyoming and Montana Partially Reopen

FCC Chair, Kansas Governor and Khan Academy Founder Wrestle With Federal Role in Closing the Homework Gap During Coronavirus Crisis

As Impacts From the Coronavirus Shutdown Multiply, State & District School Chiefs Demand Boost to ‘Woefully Insufficient’ Federal Funds

When Siblings Become Teachers: It’s Not Just Parents Who Find Themselves Thrust Into the Demanding Role of At-Home Educators

Defying State Closure Mandates, Some Religious Private Schools Fight to Stay Open During Coronavirus Spread

A Social Activist in Texas Taps His ‘Coolest Friends’ to Host Afternoon Adventures Online During Coronavirus Shutdown, and Parents and Kids — By the Thousands — Tune In