Teachers In New York City Schools

As the largest school district in the nation, with overschool teachers in Harlem will have an inner-city
a million students, the New York City Public Schoolsexperience, while New York City school teachers in
face a mammoth task. In some ways New York CityLong Island may have a more suburban teaching
Schools are at an advantage because New Yorkexperience.
State has required the stringent Regents exam as aIssues for New York City Schools
requirement for graduation for years. That doesn'tThe size of New York City Schools and classrooms is
mean that everyone in the New York City Schools isan issue that has haunted teachers for years. Most
fond of the mandatory tests, but it has put the cityteachers agree that smaller class sizes are more
and state at an advantage as far as meeting someeffective for creating learning environments. Some
of the No Child Left Behind Act's Standards. At leaststudents and teachers in about 50 New York City
teachers and administrators of the New York CitySchools have moved into smaller sized school
Schools already had some tight standards in place.buildings. Teachers in New York City Schools say that
Teachers in New York City Schools need to have orsmaller school sizes create a more intimate setting,
obtain a Master's Degree to teach. While the Newbetter parent-teacher relationships, and higher
York City Schools are in need of teachers, just likestudent achievement. Teachers also have a better
the rest of the nation, the standards that they holdchance of individualizing instruction when there are
their teachers to and the pay are among the highestfewer students in a classroom. While the small
in the country. That's not to say the New York Cityschools initiative was mainly targeted at school size,
Schools don't have problems- they do. But the Newteachers try to address class size as well.
York City Schools do have a sound foundation forTeacher turnover has been an issue in many, usually
hiring teachers.poorer, New York City Schools. Coming up with ways
Diversity of New York City Schoolsto keep teachers happy in these at-risk areas
For anyone who hasn't visited the Big Apple, it's notcontinues to be a challenge. Tenured teachers often
easy to explain the different worlds that exist in oneleave these for "better" schools. And turnover itself
city. It's like the difference between the hustle andcreates issues. The teachers in the New York City
busy of New York City and the rural feel of the restSchools have a tough job by anyone's standards. And
of New York State- different worlds. For teachers inas the country looks for solutions to public education,
New York City it means that where you teach canNew York City Schools will continue to be watched
make all the difference in the world. New York Cityclosely.