New York City teachers, parents and students are concerned that online classes with as many as 68 students could become common amid a teacher shortage and make it harder for students to learn
New York Public Schools teacher Kirk Schneider is teaching six online geometry classes, each meeting twice a week. He’s also teaching a remote social emotional learning class three times a week, which helps students address personal challenges during the pandemic, with about 25 kids in each class.
When in-person high school classes start on Oct. 1, the number of students in his classroom will likely be in line with the expected average of nine and 12 socially-distanced students. But if more parents choose to keep their children home to take classes on a fully remote basis, Mr. Schneider expects class sizes in his online classes may balloon.
“I can handle a class of 25 kids online, but as it starts pushing to more and more, it becomes less manageable,” Mr. Schneider said, who teaches at Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology in Manhattan. “But they’re moving the goal posts every time we get within field goal range.” Mr. Schneider and other teachers, parents, students and education advocates are concerned that online classes with as many as 68 students could become common amid a
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