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Council members pitch plan to boost Black and Latino enrollment at specialized city high schools
City Council Members Nantasha Williams, who represents parts of Southeast Queens, and Lincoln Restler, who represents parts of Northern Brooklyn, joined “Inside City Hall” to discuss their plan to reform enrollment at specialized high schools in New York City. Restler says that 20 years ago, 40% of students at specialized city high schools were Black…
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Why Are New York City Schools Still So Segregated?
· opinion“You can’t fix segregation by creating more segregated Stuyvesants, more segregated gifted-and-talented programs. Ultimately, what we’ve always advocated for is that all students in New York City deserve high-quality, diverse, and equitable schools,” Gonzales told me. “There are many policies sitting on the table, literally collecting dust, that can be implemented to decrease segregation in…