At NYC Public Schools, we are continually striving to improve the education of all of our students. Here are some of our key initiatives to keep us continuing to move forward.
NYC Reads and Solves
For the first time, we are working across our entire city to ensure high-quality instruction in both reading and math. This level of quality and consistency—especially at this scale—is transformative. As we begin our third full year of these initiatives, NYC Reads is in 940 schools, and NYC Solves is in nearly 570. We’ve provided over 31,000 job-embedded coaching sessions for NYC Reads and Solves educators and leaders. And we've trained over 5,000 NYC Reads Ambassadors—some of whom are in the audience today—including nearly 2,500 this calendar year alone.
Anti Bullying and Vaping
We are launching citywide, student-led anti-bullying and anti-vaping campaigns, because our strongest messengers on these key issues are students themselves. We are expanding the Every Child and Family is Known initiative to 125 schools, to connect children and families in DHS shelters to caring adults at their schools. Additionally, we have over 2,000 volunteers signed up to become Family Connectors—community members and parents who will help other families access city services and resources
