NYC school budgets in limbo with start of classes weeks away
Leave your thoughtsMany parents and educators are hopeful that the court action will result in the restoration of funds for schools. But…
Category: Education Justice
Make The Road NY re-launches guide to help immigrants with ICE
Leave your thoughtsMake The Road New York, an immigrant-focused organization, re-launched its Deportation Defense Manual to help undocumented immigrants deal with Immigration Customs Enforcement. The…
Make the Road New York hosts Jackson Heights back-to-school drive for families in need
Leave your thoughtsMarilyn Mendoza, an education justice organizer with MRNY, pointed out that her community was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Immigrant Parents Press DOE for Culturally Responsive Curriculum in Schools
Leave your thoughtsPlácida Rodríguez, a Dominican grandmother of two public school students and a member of non-profit Make the Road NY (MRNY) said…
Students rip de Blasio for ignoring their concerns on school safety during town hall
Leave your thoughtsMayor de Blasio’s post-Parkland student town hall on gun violence turned into a referendum on the city’s school safety agents…
This Must Be The Year For The New York Dream Act, A Game-Changer For Immigrant Youth Like Me
Leave your thoughtsOn Monday the New York State Assembly passed the New York Dream Act. For immigrant youth like me, this legislation…
Protestan contra la desigualdad racial en arresto de estudiantes
Leave your thoughtsLa lucha por la igualdad en las escuelas y la no discriminación policial continúan siendo dos grandes objetivos de la Ciudad, pero…
Lawmakers push bill that would make schools more supportive
Leave your thoughtsA group of lawmakers have been pushing legislation that would end some of the harsher disciplinary practices in public schools…
Arresting and suspending students costs city millions each year, report says
Leave your thoughtsAdvocates ripped the city for arresting and suspending students in a withering report that claims those policies cost the city…
New middle school coming to East Elmhurst
Leave your thoughtsAn intersection near the Grand Central Parkway in East Elmhurst will soon be the site of a new middle school,…