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Policies Shift, Neighborhoods Change, but Elementary School Segregation Holds On
Gail Robinson |
Many argue that policy choices helped segregate our schools, and new and different policy choices are needed to integrate them.
Charter Schools
CityViews: Message from a ‘Failing’ School on the Brink of Closure
Dalisbeth Galvez |
In moving to close CJHS 145 in the Bronx, the authors argue, the city is ignoring the policy choices that have hindered the school’s performance—and the successes its staff and students have achieved despite those obstacles. A video op-ed.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: NY Should Make Public College Free—and Help Students Graduate From it
Tom Hilliard |
More than half of first-time students at New York’s public colleges will not graduate in six years, a status quo that undermines the promise of equal access to higher education.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
CityViews: Don’t be the Next Victim of a Failing For-Profit College
Johnson Tyler |
New York City is home to 67 for-profit colleges and training schools. Most charge three to four times as much as community colleges do for comparable courses.
Building Justice
Building Justice: Segregation in NYC Schools is No Accident
Ujju Aggarwal and Donna Nevel |
School segregation is also blamed on residential patterns that are themselves seen as organic. In reality, the disparities of class and race profoundly and deliberately shape neighborhoods and schools.
business
Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and Baruch College Host Free Business Assistance Forum on Tuesday, October 25
anatgersteininc |
‘The BID’s Business Assistance Forums are terrific platforms for local small business owners to network and learn about the latest tools and tactics that will help them achieve their goals.’
CommunityWire
Women’s City Club of New York Hosts Centennial Conference, From Inequality to Equality: Polices and Programs that Work, on September 29
anatgersteininc |
NEW YORK – Women’s City Club of New York (WCC) will host a centennial conference, From Inequality to Equality: Polices and Programs that Work, on Thursday, September 29 at the New York Academy of Medicine. The daylong event will address public initiatives and model programs that advance economic, gender, and racial equality, and examine key problems of availability, affordability and access in four critical areas: health care, education, housing and homelessness, and employment. “It is well-documented that New York City faces huge challenges relating to extreme differentials in access to affordable health care, quality public education, affordable housing and jobs that provide a living wage,” said Jacqueline Ebanks, Executive Director of WCC. “WCC is hosting this conference to promote an on-going discussion about solutions that drive equality. We want to encourage further partnership, collaboration and civic engagement to extend the benefits of successful programs and policies so that all New Yorkers can thrive,” she said. The event is cosponsored by Women’s eNews.
culture
Workmen’s Circle School Network Adopts ‘Not Your Parents’ Hebrew School’ Curriculum to Inspire Tomorrow’s Activists
anatgersteininc |
The Pew Research Center’s landmark 2013 study found that 60 percent of Jewish Americans believe that being Jewish is mainly a matter of culture or ancestry, underscoring the demand for the Workmen’s Circle model.
CommunityWire
The New York City Mission Society: bringing the gift of music to underserved students in New York City
anatgersteininc |
Many schools in New York City have cut or drastically curtailed music and arts programs in recent years. The New York City Mission Society is working to remedy this cultural chasm with a unique program called GRIOT.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Need to Meet Their Educational Obligations
David Bloomfield |
‘No religious scruple, but rather tradition, dictates full-time religious study for some community members to the exclusion of state required subject matter. ‘ An op-ed.
