Should Schools Feel Less Like Prisons When They Reopen? This Designer Thinks So

May 7, 2020, 2:17 am 87 Votes

Main corridor of Rockaway Park High Scholl for Environmental Sustainability, as imagined by Toanlang Deng. (Renderings courtesy of the artist.)

At his daily coronavirus update on Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that he plans to “reimagine” education in New York public schools.

“When we’re reopening schools, let’s open a better school, and let’s open a smarter education system,” he said. To do so, the state will partner with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to figure out how to best utilize technology in education, specifically in the realm of virtual learning. “We now have a moment in history where we can actually incorporate and advance those ideas.”

Tianlan Deng, an artist from Shanghai, has been exploring these ideas since last year. He’s…

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Designer Feel Prisons Reopen Schools Thinks