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All We Hear Is Radio Ga-Ga: Is Anyone Really Listening When It Comes To NYC Schools?
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All We Hear Is Radio Ga-Ga: Is Anyone Really Listening When It Comes To NYC Schools?

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Last week, I wrote about The Surprising Integration Skeptics of NYC (It’s Not Who You Think). As one mom on the Lower East Side advised, “Integration activists need to touch base with people they are trying to help” when it comes to proposed school rezoning and mergers. This week, we’re headed uptown for a hearing… Continue reading All We Hear Is Radio Ga-Ga: Is Anyone Really Listening When It Comes To NYC Schools?

Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: NYC Schools Edition.
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Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: NYC Schools Edition.

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On Monday, September 23, the Community Education Council of Brooklyn’s School District #16 (Bedford-Stuyvesant) voted to ask New York City to get rid of all Gifted & Talented programs as advised by the Student Diversity Advisory Group (SDAG). There was the by now familiar rhetoric of how District #16’s schools are not racially or socio-economically… Continue reading Follow the Money and See Where It Goes: NYC Schools Edition.

“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.”

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(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

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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

In Yonkers, Teachers Leaders Are “The Unit Of Change”: A Report From the Field.
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In Yonkers, Teachers Leaders Are “The Unit Of Change”: A Report From the Field.

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“What if kids who look like me didn’t have to work so hard to navigate an inequitable school system? What if adults were invested in making that navigation possible?” That’s Tracy Fray-Oliver, Associate Vice President of Bank Street Education Center (part of the Bank Street College of Education in New York City) speaking to a… Continue reading In Yonkers, Teachers Leaders Are “The Unit Of Change”: A Report From the Field.

I’m Afraid I Will Have To Abandon My Educational Journey: A Student Speaks.
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I’m Afraid I Will Have To Abandon My Educational Journey: A Student Speaks.

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I met Xavier at the EDXEDNYC conference on my birthday last year. As the shirt he’s wearing in his photo illustrates, he was a student volunteer and his true spirit of service shone bright. He helped me set up for my conference, showed me where lunch was being held, and answered all of my questions.… Continue reading I’m Afraid I Will Have To Abandon My Educational Journey: A Student Speaks.

A SHSAT Compromise I Can Live With – Can You?
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A SHSAT Compromise I Can Live With – Can You?

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It was exactly at this time last year when Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza announced their plan to introduce a bill in the New York State Assembly that would alter admission to New York City’s 8 Specialized High Schools from a single Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) to extending offers to… Continue reading A SHSAT Compromise I Can Live With – Can You?

Can Single Sex Schools Shrink the Achievement Gap?
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Can Single Sex Schools Shrink the Achievement Gap?

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(Photo credit: The TMezz Creative Group) Back in October of 2016, I asked: Do Single Sex Schools Hurt Or Help Students? I shared recent research on the subject which, like the majority of educational research, came down to… we’re not sure. In this interview, Janelle Bradshaw, Superintendent of Public Prep Academies, explains what she believes… Continue reading Can Single Sex Schools Shrink the Achievement Gap?

Mentoring Is a Necessary Pillar of Education and Community: Thoughts on Nipsey Hussle.
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Mentoring Is a Necessary Pillar of Education and Community: Thoughts on Nipsey Hussle.

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I begin this post by acknowledging the life and the community work of the late Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom. He was a tangible example of what I teach my students about the power they have to define and transform their lives even from the most harrowing of circumstances. Although many, including myself, never had the… Continue reading Mentoring Is a Necessary Pillar of Education and Community: Thoughts on Nipsey Hussle.

What Does Airing The Louisiana Landry School’s Dirty Laundry Mean For The Rest Of Us?
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What Does Airing The Louisiana Landry School’s Dirty Laundry Mean For The Rest Of Us?

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The narrative earned Mr. Sassau acceptance to St. John’s University in New York. There was one problem: None of it was true. “I was just a small piece in a whole fathom of lies,” Mr. Sassau said. I read this statement in in the New York Times when a colleague sent it to me and I… Continue reading What Does Airing The Louisiana Landry School’s Dirty Laundry Mean For The Rest Of Us?