Museums — especially the 33 located on city-owned property and receiving millions from the City — have a responsibility to listen to communities and meet the needs of people historically excluded from institutions. Not all do so equally, advocates say.
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 complexities of choice and process the rest of the city might someday face.
An initiative in the Lower East Side’s school district ‘represents meaningful progress in the work towards equitable schools there – and the city as a whole.’
Many argue that policy choices helped segregate our schools, and new and different policy choices are needed to integrate them.
The scope of the homeless crisis justifies the city locating shelters even in neighborhoods that don’t want them. The scale of the school crisis, the author argues, ought to warrant the same kind of no-holds-barred response.
In a city that is only one-third non-Hispanic white, only a third of the creative workforce is made up with blacks, Latinos and Asians. What’s keeping the art scene from looking more like the rest of New York?
There are opportunities for culinary workers in the expanding eatery scene, but some wonder if restaurant wages offer the career path they should.
An opinion blogger’s take: “For many minorities, especially new immigrant parents, understanding and respect sometimes are more likely to come from a segregated school than a diverse school.”
The proposal has supporters on the Upper West Side, as disparities in enrollment and admissions policies are under scrutiny citywide.
Roughly one in three New Yorkers is black or Latino but only about one in 14 doctors in the Empire State hails from those communities. With med-school trends indicating the problem is getting worse, here are some ways to treat it.
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