Profesores de toda la ciudad promueven las postulaciones a la universidad
Leave your thoughtsNueva York- Fue hace unos meses cuando, en una visita a una escuela, la canciller de Educación se le ocurrió…
Category: Youth & School Programs
Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter Movement Leaders, Legislators and Advocates Deliver Petition to U.S. DOE Office Calling on Arne Duncan to Investigate Success Academy
Leave your thoughtsLong Island, NY) Amid rising concerns around recently exposed harsh school discipline practices at Success Academy Charter Network, a parent…
Nolan Targets School Discipline
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of national, statewide and local organizations are supporting legislation introduced by Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan which aims “to reverse…
Hundreds Rally for ‘Right to Know Act’ at Site of Eric Garner’s Death
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hundreds of Latino and African-American members of Make the Road New York, New York’s largest grassroots…
In Eric Garner’s Memory, Activists Demand Passage of Right to Know Act
Leave your thoughtsEight hundred people gathered for a vigil at the site of Eric Garner’s killing on Staten Island to demand police…
And Justice For All: 21st Century Policing
Leave your thoughtsOn December 18, 2014, President Obama signed an executive order to create the Task Force on 21st Century Policing, a…
Parents, education activists rally at City Hall to support Mayor de Blasio’s community schools initiative
Leave your thoughtsDozens of parents, education activists and elected officials rallied at City Hall on Tuesday to show support for Mayor de…
Will School-Discipline Reform Actually Change Anything?
Leave your thoughtsChristine Rodriguez vividly recalls her early school years. A native of Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, a working-class predominantly black and Latino…
A Step Toward Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Leave your thoughtsFor years, the school-to-prison pipeline has afflicted communities of color in New York. From a young age, students begin to…
Bratton Calls NYPD Reform Proposals
Leave your thoughtsAt a City Council hearing yesterday, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said he opposes all nine proposed police reform bills on…