"Social media and personal cellphone use are issues we have been grappling with for two decades,” said Bree Dusseault, managing director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a think tank.ĭusseault said the issues have become even more complex as technology advances - and after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed classrooms online. The SCI regularly issues recommendations to the education department following investigations into misconduct, the agency said. Since February 2022, the SCI’s online database shows the agency has on 19 occasions issued the same advice: that the education department amend its policy so all its “personnel or employees of its vendors are prohibited from contacting students using personal cellphone numbers, personal social media accounts and other associated applications.” City education officials said the change in policy is unnecessary because the department already has in place guidance that restricts social media use as well as disciplinary consequences for teachers who misuse technology. The push comes after several recent investigations by the agency uncovered inappropriate communications between education department employees and students, according to documents obtained by Gothamist.Īccording to the watchdog, called the Special Commissioner of Investigation, the education department has so far not adopted the recommendation. A watchdog agency for New York City’s public schools has persistently recommended that education officials ban employees from contacting students on social media or cellphones.
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