Last month, federal efforts to cut nearly 1,400 Department of Education staffers were approved by the Supreme Court, potentially worsening staffing shortages for early childhood educators, student loans and more. While the implications of this dismantling on New York state are unclear, head educators appear to be meeting this moment by doubling down on equity and digital literacy.

“Our classes today are at the intersection of rapid technological change, cultural transformation and historic polarization,” said Betty Rosa, commissioner of the state Education Department and president of the University of the State of New York in her keynote address at City and State’s annual Education Summit held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan Thursday.

“We are teaching children who a

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