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Chancellor Banks' vision has changed the student experience because he wants to engage the students in civics from a young age. Students will begin learning about the various roles people play in government and have opportunities participate and practice these roles roles in their own school governments.

Out of the box ideas could be having student government with representatives from each grade beginning in K-5.

Students can create dances that reflect the importance of each individual in making communities; As students learn about different government offices they can create art for their local officials.
Students can interview their local officials about things that matter to them and decide if they believe the person should continue to hold that position.

Students can create movies/documentaries about what is going on their school/ community

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Incorporating social media aspects in the classroom through assignments and projects. Highlights critical thinking also!

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I think financial literacy lessons should be taught to all students and their families should be included.

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I think financial literacy lessons should be taught to all students and their families should be included.

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Finding the right balance between the expectations of day to day in person school and online learning assignments so that students are prepared for the demands of both.

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I think having relevant content available for students will definitely lead to more well rounded successful individuals. I also agree that the need for teachers to receive training to ensure that they can adequately provide instruction and support for ALL students. Acknowledging that we can't go back to avenues that doesn't work.

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I think having relevant content available for students will definitely lead to more well rounded successful individuals. I also agree that the need for teachers to receive training to ensure that they can adequately provide instruction and support for ALL students. Acknowledging that we can't go back to avenues that doesn't work.

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One major change Banks is making that relates to literacy is the inclusion of universal screening for dyslexia. This is huge and the impacts of this will really change the learning experience for students who struggle with dyslexia. As a teacher, I would truly appreciate training to better support these students specifically.

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How has Chancellor Banks’ reimagined vision changed the student experience within your pillar?
Children's education begins at birth, not just when they enter the school building.

What innovative, out-of-the-box ideas could schools implement within your pillar to achieve Chancellor Banks’ vision?
Expand early intervention.
Supply communities with new babies resources for reading, alphabet, colors, etc.
Have days where new parents can attend workshops in schools

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Chan. Banks's ideas change Early childhood because I feel like early childhood has been focussed on just allowing students to get acclimatized to what school is but the rigor of content is not high.
In terms of out of the box solutions I would like to see more 3K/preK school trips so that we can increase vocational and world exposure early and often. I would also love if younger grades could engage more in coding and tech courses.

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Another vital element of the reimagined experience is virtual learning. In March 2020, all our educators became digital educators overnight, whether they were ready for it or not. The hard lessons learned over the past two years can’t be left behind as we emerge from this pandemic. Virtual learning is here to stay and has the potential to open our classroom doors to let the world in.

So in the coming weeks we will launch a Digital Learning Advisory Committee of educators, administrators, families, and students to explore ways we can most effectively integrate technology into the learning experience. That will include piloting virtual course models where students learn from teachers trained and equipped to provide the highest quality digital learning.

The advisory committee will also explore how we can give our teachers the training and resources they need to incorporate blended learning into their daily practice. We look forward to building on the work we have been doing with the UFT on these important issues.

Going forward, we should always be able to provide high-quality, real-time remote learning whenever we need to. More than that, we ought to be using what we learned the past two years to provide good options across the city; some of our students prefer virtual learning; some need to work during the day; some are disengaged and would come back to school if they could take some classes in person and some on-line. We're going to create those options for students who need or want them.

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Reimagining learning also connects with our goal of graduating students who are equipped to be positive forces for change in our communities and our city. Some of our schools already do a fantastic job of nurturing a highly active student government and other efforts to engage students
civically in ways that benefit their schools and surrounding communities. For example, the Brooklyn Occupational Training Center, a District 75 School, has continually innovated to engage students with wide ranging learning needs in a quality civic education. Teacher Matt Gorin has adapted Participatory Budgeting resources to engage students through big circle mapping in the cafeteria, which allows verbal and non-verbal students to graphically represent their ideas and engage in discussion, debate, and to show support for each other.

This civics work is so important because it is essential to our democracy to nurture engaged citizens. Some of you may remember the recurring bit on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he would walk down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles and ask people the most basic questions about current events or how government works. Folks with high school diplomas would give him the most comically ridiculous answers, but at the same time it wasn’t funny at all. It’s not good for our democracy that so many Americans don’t vote or know much of anything about government. Public schools are supposed to produce young people who are civically engaged so they can participate effectively in our democracy.

Today we have a number of electeds in the audience, and we want every student to understand what you do. I want young people to graduate from our schools excited for civic participation, preregistered to vote, and ready for their first election. It’s not enough to tell kids that they can be leaders. We have to give them opportunities to practice so they understand why voting is important and impacts their lives.

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When we talk about equity and learning disparities, gaps in reading are front and center and are connected to challenges we face with our students with disabilities and multi-lingual learners. This is the biggest equity issue we confront and we are going to tackle it in ways that I hope will enable Bill to retire from having to hold up his sign.

Our approach to the teaching of reading has not gotten the results we need. So we are going to make sure every single one of our students is getting strong, phonics-based literacy instruction from the very start. We will also be building on the universal screening tools that identify risk for dyslexia to tailor more effective responses at the earliest possible ages. That will including adopting approaches that have proven to be effective at the Windward School, an independent New York City school that uses multi-sensory approaches to remediate dyslexia and related challenges. Our plan will also include teacher supports and capacity building so they can implement effective strategies to support students with dyslexia.

We also will be creating an Advisory Council on Literacy, which will include some of our most successful teachers to make sure we are doing everything we possibly can so that all our students become capable readers. Across literacy and all of our subjects we will have a culturally responsive, sustaining curriculum that is relevant to all our students, where they can see themselves reflected in the literature. As Frederick Douglass said, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”

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Central to our reimagination of learning is a new set of commitments to students and families that we are calling our Career Pathways Initiative. This initiative is creating career-connected learning and pathways for all our students to help activate their passion and sense of purpose.

In partnership with educators, unions, state government leaders, community and business leaders, we want to ensure that all students graduate with a strong plan and head start on a pathway to the middle class.

Starting this fall, we will be laying the groundwork to get there. This includes piloting models that establish new career pathways – including early college credit, creating system-wide infrastructure to support this work — including new STEAM Centers and expanding career-focused classrooms — and developing our teachers and school leaders to support students in developing their passions and plans. We will help young people see themselves in good jobs and careers they might never have heard of, because “you can’t be what you can’t see.”

Moreover, New York City is the financial capital of the world. As educators, we need to prioritize personal financial education, so our students graduate financially literate and empowered to make strong financial decisions.

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We are also going to strengthen early childhood education, not only in 3-K and Pre-K, but beginning at birth. If we want our students to become capable readers, then we must provide young children with critical literacy and language supports from the start. Learning doesn’t start at age 4. In fact, the first three years are not only most important for children's growth and development, but a child's first three years have a profound impact on their future learning and their life-long health and well-being. This is particularly important for working parents who are relying on us to have high-quality care and education for their child. More details to come on the steps we will be taking, but we recognize our CBO providers are an invaluable cornerstone of NYC's early childhood community and we will ensure they —and all public school early childhood classrooms—are fully supported and uplifted in serving our youngest children and their families. That work will take place under the leadership of Deputy Chancellor of Early Childhood Education Dr. Kara Ahmed.