new york city public schools
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New Statistics Highlight How New York City’s Most Elite Public Schools Are Leaving Black Students Behind
Offers to black students at New York City’s elite public schools are dropping—and the numbers are absolutely dismal. On Monday, only seven black students were offered admission to Stuyvesant High School, the most selective school in the city, out of 895 potential slots, the New York Times reports. Just as concerning: the number of admissions…
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NYC Investigates Principal Who Barred Black History Month Lessons From Being Taught at Her Middle School: Report
The New York City Department of Education is investigating a white middle school principal in the city’s Bronx borough for racially hostile actions against staff and students of color. The most incendiary charge: that Principal Patricia Catania barred Black History Month lessons from being taught to the students of Intermediate School 224—95 percent of whom…
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NYC Public Schools Announces Free Lunch for All Students
The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will be providing free lunch to all public school students in the city during the 2017-2018 school year, which is a good thing, because no child in this country should be hungry, no matter his or her circumstance. WABC-TV reports that schools Chancellor Carmen…