Panel for Educational Policy approves near $1M contract for controversial digital math learning program
The NYC Department of Education’s Panel for Education Policy approved a seven-year, $983,500 contract last week with Zearn, an educational nonprofit that has developed and offers an online math curriculum.
The nonprofit touted a study released this February that found that first-through-sixth graders in Washington D.C.’s public schools who used Zearn “had large gains in math.” The study looked at students who used digital lessons on Zearn Math weekly and found that these students performed on state assessments better than students who did not use Zearn, including Black, Latino, multilingual, special education, and at-risk students.
O’Sullivan added that Zearn provides recommendations for how to integrate its 30-minute lessons into a core math block if that is the preference, “but essentially we view our role as a complement to what teachers are doing in the classroom.” Lupe Hernandez, a borough president-appointee on the Community Education Council, said her reasons for objecting to the Zearn program were based on the experience she has had with her son, a fourth grader who is on the autism spectrum, who is more in need of teacher-student interaction.
“I believe more in our teachers,” Hasan said. “Using these companies is the easy way out. The creativity that’s missing makes us better in the long run.” Thomas Sheppard, a PEP member and CEC Presidents’ Representative, said he doubted the program’s ability to support learning capabilities, especially coming out of the height of the pandemic.
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