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New York City Mayoral Candidate Claims Hundreds Of Students Can Learn Remotely From A Single Teacher. The Pandemic Shows Otherwise.

Ashe Schow
New York City Mayoral Candidate Claims Hundreds Of Students Can Learn Remotely From A Single Teacher. The Pandemic Shows Otherwise.
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a leading candidate to be the next mayor of New York City, said during a forum about the city’s budget that remote learning could be used to teach hundreds of students at home using a single teacher, a claim many will find inexplicable given the past years’ experience with remote learning during the pandemic.

The forum took place back in February, but a short clip of Adams’ discussion was recently posted online by YouTube personality Matt Skidmore, who openly supports Adams’ opponent Andrew Yang. In the clip, Adams tells the Citizens Budget Commission about his plan to open school year-round. When asked how much it will cost, Adams responded that it could be cost-effective using remote technology.

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