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“I Want to Talk About Better Academic and Life Outcomes for Black and Brown Kids. Period.”
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“I Want to Talk About Better Academic and Life Outcomes for Black and Brown Kids. Period.”

Laura WatersLeave a comment

(This was first published at Education Post.) If we have really well-prepared young people who are going to the exact college they want to go to, who will graduate from college within six years with little to no debt and who are willing to take over the dining hall and stage a protest or to… Continue reading “I Want to Talk About Better Academic and Life Outcomes for Black and Brown Kids. Period.”

NYC Schools Of Choice: Then and Now
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NYC Schools Of Choice: Then and Now

Alina AdamsLeave a comment

In my 2017 post, Beyond the Zone: All Your NYC Elementary School Options (And How To Get Them) Explained, I mentioned Deborah Meier as someone who didn’t believe that the primarily African-American and Hispanic families of Harlem should be forced to settle for the education their zoned public schools were offering. In 1974, she founded… Continue reading NYC Schools Of Choice: Then and Now