Author: Jessica Shuran Yu

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Federico Zegarra, a special education teacher, spent a recent Thursday morning preparing lesson plans in his coworker’s classroom while her class was in session. Outside of the assistant principals’ office, three students received reading intervention at a table. What used to be a “mindfulness room” down the hall is now part dean’s office, part instructional space, and part study hall for students. This is what complying with New York’s class size reduction law looks like at Manhattan’s Stephen T. Mather…