October Staff Picks: School Choice
Reading Room, Second Floor
"As students returned to the classroom last month across New York City, families and educators continue to adjust to school after multiple years of pandemic affected learning. Today, students’ academic lives and mental health are more important than ever, and families continue to wrestle with where to send their children to school that best fits their needs. This concept of school choice is not new. However, the ability to send your children to alternative schools outside the public school system – charter or private schools – is a contested issue. For years, education professionals have discussed the ways in which school choice affects public schools and our society as a whole. The books included in this collection will analyze these effects both in and outside of New York City, and explore better solutions for families, students, and educators."
-- Katie Blake, Library Associate
School Choice is curated by Katie Blake, Library Associate, and designed by Emily Sang, Library Associate / Art and Design.
Staff Picks is curated and designed each month by the Gottesman Libraries' staff to highlight resources on educational topics and themes of special interest.
Where: Reading Room, Second Floor
Images:
Book Tag, by Emily Sang, Courtesy of the Gottesman Libraries
Poster Background Image, Girls in the Classroom, by Sheila Gold, from the Ziegfeld Collection of International Children's Art, Courtesy of Teachers College, Columbia University
