May 5, 2020
Albany, NY

Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces Collaboration with Gates Foundation to Develop a Blueprint to Reimagine Education in the New Normal

NYS and Gates Foundation Will Convene Experts to Answer Key Questions About What Education Should Look Like in the Future

Announces New Contest Asking New Yorkers to Create and Share a Video Explaining Why People Should Wear a Mask in Public; Interested New Yorkers Can Learn More at WearAMask.NY.Gov

Confirms 2,239 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 321,192; New Cases in 41 Counties

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State is collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a blueprint to reimagine education in the new normal. As New York begins to develop plans to reopen K-12 schools and colleges, the state and the Gates Foundation will consider what education should look like in the future, including:

  • How can we use technology to provide more opportunities to students no matter where they are;
  • How can we provide shared education among schools and colleges using technology;
  • How can technology reduce educational inequality, including English as a new language students;
  • How can we use technology to meet educational needs of students with disabilities;
  • How can we provide educators more tools to use technology;
  • How can technology break down barriers to K-12 and Colleges and Universities to provide greater access to high quality education no matter where the student lives; and
  • Given ongoing socially distancing rules, how can we deploy classroom technology, like immersive cloud virtual classrooms learning, to recreate larger class or lecture hall environments in different locations?
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The state will bring together a group of leaders to answer these questions in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, who will support New York State by helping bring together national and international experts, as well as provide expert advice as needed.

Governor Cuomo also announced a new contest asking New Yorkers to create and share a video explaining why people should wear a mask in public. The winning video will be used as a Public Service Announcement. Videos should be less than 30 seconds long, should show a mask properly worn over the mouth and nose and must be submitted by May 30th. Interested New Yorkers can learn more at WearAMask.ny.gov.

The last few months have been an incredibly stressful time full of change, but we have to learn and grow from this situation and make sure we build our systems back better than they were before

Governor Cuomo

"The last few months have been an incredibly stressful time full of change, but we have to learn and grow from this situation and make sure we build our systems back better than they were before," Governor Cuomo said. "One of the areas we can really learn from is education because the old model of our education system where everyone sits in a classroom is not going to work in the new normal. When we do reopen our schools let's reimagine them for the future, and to do that we are collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and exploring smart, innovative education alternatives using all the new technology we have at our disposal."

Governor Cuomo Holds Briefing on COVID-19 Response - 5/5

Finally, the Governor confirmed 2,239 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 321,192 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 321,192 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

CountyTotal PositiveNew Positive
Albany1,2947
Allegany350
Broome3384
Cattaraugus530
Cayuga510
Chautauqua370
Chemung1260
Chenango1000
Clinton691
Columbia22916
Cortland280
Delaware620
Dutchess3,15120
Erie3,89189
Essex301
Franklin160
Fulton9713
Genesee1590
Greene16612
Hamilton30
Herkimer674
Jefferson630
Lewis90
Livingston861
Madison2236
Monroe1,62328
Montgomery615
Nassau37,152187
Niagara50815
NYC176,8741,223
Oneida57424
Onondaga100231
Ontario971
Orange9,144129
Orleans992
Oswego681
Otsego670
Putnam1,0315
Rensselaer3392
Rockland12,14449
Saratoga3681
Schenectady5372
Schoharie450
Schuyler70
Seneca461
St. Lawrence1780
Steuben2212
Suffolk35,275198
Sullivan9848
Tioga922
Tompkins1290
Ulster1,3573
Warren1920
Washington1880
Wayne782
Westchester30,240143
Wyoming701
Yates190

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