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‘Now the nation faces an issue of preserved history through the debate over the removal of Confederate statues. My class decided that we should not minimize history but instead add…

ByTiara Coleman 1Comment

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Jul 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Ambitious Brooklyn School Desegregation Plan Stirs Excitement, Faces Hurdles

Brooklyn’s District 15 is trying to chart a new path toward equity with an ambitious plan to end admissions screens for middle schools. The reaction to the plan highlights the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7Comments

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Why NYC Schools Need Sports Equity

‘Every year segregated high schools ask the PSAL for more sports teams and are denied. Why is that allowed to happen?’

ByMatt Diaz 2Comments

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Jun 2018

Education

Suit Says NYC Schools Shortchange Some Black, Latino Athletes

The case cites over a hundred public schools without any sports teams, of which Black and Latino students are twice as likely to attend.

BySneha Dey 2Comments

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Jun 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: Courts Have to Force More Change at the NYPD

Landmark decisions about the policing of public housing and stop-and frisk put the NYPD on a path of reform. But, the author argues, the department needs a stronger push from…

ByRikia Evans 1Comment

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Myths About Public Benefits Plague Debate in D.C.

‘Narratives about those receiving public benefits depict them as scammers living large off the hard work of tax-paying Americans. This is far from the truth.’ Watch a video op-ed.

ByHelen Strom 0Comments

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Jun 2018

Investigations Justice

‘Stop and Frisk’ is Over, But Low-Level NYPD Encounters Now Raise Concerns

‘Low level’ police interactions in historically overpoliced neighborhoods can escape scrutiny altogether, since they don’t have to be reported.

ByKatarina Zimmer

ByElise Hansen 1Comment

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Jun 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

What Role do Middle Schools Play in Deciding Who Gets Into NYC’s Elite High Schools?

It is clear that most students get on – or off – the track to go to a specialized high school long before they sit down to take the SHSAT…

ByGail Robinson 23Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: CUNY Law School Needs to Confront its Race Problem

‘Students with marginalized identities are consistently subjected to a neutral discussion of the very ideas, principles and policies that have questioned their existence and sustained violence in their communities for…

ByRachel Goodman

ByFlorence Otaigbe 14Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Want to Make Schools Safer? End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

‘New legislation shifts schools from punitive, zero-tolerance approaches to discipline, towards restorative approaches that keep students in class and build stronger relationships between students, educators and families.’

ByMaritza Davila 0Comments

CityViews: Black, Female and Neglected, 19th-Century Hero Became Students’ Cause

Ambitious Brooklyn School Desegregation Plan Stirs Excitement, Faces Hurdles

CityViews: Why NYC Schools Need Sports Equity

Suit Says NYC Schools Shortchange Some Black, Latino Athletes

CityViews: Courts Have to Force More Change at the NYPD

CityViews: Myths About Public Benefits Plague Debate in D.C.

‘Stop and Frisk’ is Over, But Low-Level NYPD Encounters Now Raise Concerns

What Role do Middle Schools Play in Deciding Who Gets Into NYC’s Elite High Schools?

CityViews: CUNY Law School Needs to Confront its Race Problem

CityViews: Want to Make Schools Safer? End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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