“Today” host and forecaster Al Roker on Tuesday criticized New York City for keeping students from school and instead forcing them into remote learning as winter storms continue to batter the Northeast.
“Of course, we didn’t close schools here in New York City,” Roker said. “It’s remote. And the Department of Education has all sorts of IT issues.”
“Give them a day off, guys!” he added, clearly upset.
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As winter storms continue to batter the Northeast, Today host Al Roker slammed New York City’s government for denying students a snow day. (Getty Images)
“Today” co-host Dylan Dreyer said he also heard from another anchor about technical issues caused by the snow.
Anchor Shainelle Jones agreed that the problem with distance learning is that “a lot of people don’t have a parent to hover over.”
“It’s just a snow day. Give them a day off. Let them go out to Central Park. Come on!” Roker said.
“I have the whole day off,” Dreyer added.
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Al Roker (left) traveled to New York City for a distance learning day on Tuesday. (Screenshot from NBC)
Fox 5 New York reported Tuesday that students in the city’s public schools are struggling to access remote learning programs.
“Before the storm, New York City public schools move to remote learning “I was at work that day and am experiencing technical issues with a service that requires IBM authentication to log in. On Tuesday morning, when teachers tried to take attendance, IBM said it could not process the request. received an alert,” the newspaper reported.
Fox 5 spoke to Chon Bretillon, a Queens parent who said he was unable to log into his elementary school son’s Zoom meetings.
“I spent nearly an hour logging in and out,” Bretillon said. “Everyone’s frustrated.”
The New York City Public Schools X account posted that they are doing their best to resolve issues for families, teachers, and students.
“We are working hard to resolve this issue and more than 1 million students, teachers, and users have been able to log in since this morning,” the school system posted. “We apologize to the families and staff affected by this and thank everyone for their patience.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, argued that keeping students remote is important to “keep them safe,” according to Fox 5.[ing] Set the ‘pace’ to suit your school’s requirements.
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“This is the right thing to do and a great teaching moment for our children,” Adams said.
