“The Adams administration, simply put, must do more to address the historic crisis of youth homelessness our city faces. Instead, the administration has made policies that will create a worse situation for some of the most vulnerable young people in our city.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York City’s Young People Need Spaces of Their Own
Molly Delano |
“By engaging students in conducting research and advocacy in the process of creating and running programs, and maintaining the street itself, schools can turn Open School Streets into canvases for students to reimagine what their communities can and should look like.”
Economy
PÓDCAST: ¿Cómo ha cambiado DACA la vida de sus beneficiarios?
Daniel Parra |
Según el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS por sus siglas en inglés), actualmente hay unos 544.690 beneficiarios activos de DACA en el país.
Education
School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.
Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York |
Roughly $12 million in funding that pays the salaries of 100 community coordinators working across the city’s network of homeless shelters is set to run dry this summer, leaving the fate of the staffers up in the air even as the city confronts record numbers of homeless kids.
Education
¿En qué estados se concentran la mayor cantidad de latinas con títulos universitarios en los Estados Unidos?
Daniel Parra |
Los estados que concentran el mayor número de latinas con título universitario son Vermont (54 por ciento), la capital del país Washington, D.C —conocida formalmente como el Distrito de Columbia— (53 por ciento) y Maine (41 por ciento). Los estados con más bajos porcentajes fueron Nevada (12 por ciento), Arkansas (12 por ciento) y Dakota del Norte (11 por ciento).
Bronx
NYC Gets $61 Million to Electrify School Buses. Is It Enough?
Mariana Simões |
Mayor Adams announced this week that the Big Apple is getting 180 new electric school buses. But the city’s fleet still has over 10,000 buses running on polluting fossil fuels.
Education
Jóvenes inmigrantes recién llegados enfrentan dificultades para matricularse en escuelas de Nueva York
Daniel Parra |
La ley federal protege los derechos a la educación de los niños y jóvenes menores de 21 años sin hogar y establece que los jóvenes adultos deben ser matriculados inmediatamente en la escuela, pero la ciudad no está cumpliendo este requisito, dicen los defensores.
Education
Opinion: The Harmful Impact of Invasive Child Welfare Investigations
Dawne Mitchell, Melissa Friedman and Daniella Rohr |
“These rates of over-investigation are state-sanctioned family policing. Even where investigations are warranted and allegations are substantiated, the investigative process is often coercive and traumatic, indelibly harming the children the investigations intend to protect.”
Education
Newly Arrived Immigrant Youth Face Challenges to School Enrollment
Daniel Parra |
Federal law that protects the educational rights of homeless children and youth under 21 says young adults should be enrolled in school immediately, but the city is not meeting this requirement, advocates say. They report newly arrived immigrant youth being placed on waiting lists, told there are no spaces, or advised to take the General Educational Development (GED) high school equivalency test instead.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Restoring our Children’s Future Through Ecosystems of Support
Wesner Pierre |
“While Community Schools—New York’s exemplary model for engaging children in school and guiding them to maturity—were spared in January from millions in anticipated city budget cuts, come July, they will still lose critical COVID-related funding that supports the youth and families who need it most.”