"NYC Public Schools Grapple with Remote Learning Challenges During Winter Storm"

TL;DR Summary
New York City's public schools chancellor expressed disappointment with the technical issues that arose during the city's first implementation of remote learning on a snow day, blaming IBM for the difficulties. The controversial shift away from traditional snow days has sparked frustration among parents and criticism from Mayor Eric Adams, who defended his remarks about parents' reluctance to navigate remote learning. IBM has since expanded capacity to accommodate the surge in online users, and the company expressed regret for the inconvenience caused.
- NYC fails controversial remote-learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says NBC News
- Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment. The New York Times
- Snowstorm meltdown: Remote learning software crashes for 1M New York City public school students POLITICO
- Winter Storm Warning in effect for New York City on Tuesday Spectrum News NY1
- NYC school closing update: New York City public schools hit snag while trying to go remote during winter storm WABC-TV
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
0
Time Saved
2 min
vs 3 min read
Condensed
81%
435 → 82 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on NBC News