CityViews: The Danger of Overhyping Danger in NYC Public Schools By Kesi Foster | April 11, 2016 RECOMMENDTWEET EMAILPRINTMORE Last week, the hedge fund backed pro charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools (FES) filed a lawsuit against New York City public schools claiming that the civil rights of black and Latino are being
UYC youth leader Miaija Jawara talks to the Associated Press about the impact of colleges using school discipline history for admissions decisions. “They are basic yes-no questions that ask whether a college applicant ever got into trouble in high school. Yet they’re anything but simple, say some who want run-ins at school or
Op-Ed: Public Schools Lose when we Subsidize Private Education By Kesi Foster | December 11, 2015 Every family that sends their children to a public school in black and Latino neighborhoods in New York City knows that resources are in short supply and the basic educational needs of our children are often not met. Which
BY MIAIJA JAWARA AND KESI FOSTER | NOV 04, 2015 When the world saw the recent video of a white police officer brutalizing a young black woman in her high school classroom in South Carolina by putting her into a chokehold, flipping her over in her desk and throwing her across the classroom, we were
On October 28th, 2015 We appeared on Democracy Now to talk about the violent attack on two young black women at their high school, Spring Valley High, and violence perpetuated against black women and children by the state. New York City has more than 5,000 police officers patrolling the city’s schools—that’s more than the combined