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