Month: February 2021

  • First Black Woman to Run N.Y.C. Schools Faces Huge Task: Full Reopening

    First Black Woman to Run N.Y.C. Schools Faces Huge Task: Full Reopening

    Meisha Porter, a longtime Bronx educator whom Mayor Bill de Blasio named on Friday as his choice to replace Richard A. Carranza as schools chancellor, began her path to the chancellorship as a teenage activist who caught the attention of a group of urban planners in the South Bronx in the early 1990s. Ms. Porter, who…

  • NYC Schools Get First Black Female Chancellor as Carranza Abruptly Resigns During Ongoing COVID Crisis

    NYC Schools Get First Black Female Chancellor as Carranza Abruptly Resigns During Ongoing COVID Crisis

    Bronx parent Farah Despeignes awoke to what she considered good news Friday, 11 months into a painful pandemic that brought not only trauma and loss, but also a series of missteps over reopening New York City’s schools. Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter, whom Despeignes had worked with in her role as president of the…

  • Report reveals NYC racial gap in degree attainment

    Report reveals NYC racial gap in degree attainment

    A new study outlines the size of the education gap between Black and Hispanic people when compared to white people. The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) report, titled “Building An Inclusive Economy In NYC: Boosting College Attainment,” revealed that 27% of Black and 20% of Hispanic New Yorkers have attained a bachelor’s degree while…

  • New York City Mayoral candidates share their plans on improving city public schools

    New York City Mayoral candidates share their plans on improving city public schools

    Close to 1,500 parents, educators and community members registered to attend a virtual forum on Sunday with some of NYC’s 2021 mayoral candidates. They wanted to voice their concerns about accessible online learning, educational racial equity, high-risk standardized testing and funding.  According to Maya Wiley – one of the candidates – the meeting was so…