Miseducation
New York City is home to the nation’s most segregated school system, a fact that surprises those who think of the Big Apple as a progressive beacon. Deep inequities exist at every level of the NYC school system.
And who better to report on these issues than the students who experience them firsthand? Grab a pen and get ready to take notes. Our student reporters are taking you to school.
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Missing Voices: Part 4 – Where Do We Go from Here?
Journalism’s lack of diversity is widely acknowledged, but whose responsibility is it to fix?
Missing Voices: Part 3 – Trials and Triumphs
Against significant odds, three New York City high schools try to launch student newspapers.
Missing Voices: Part 2 — The Quest to Revive High School Journalism
After decades of decline in school journalism programs, can a scrappy new effort bring student newspapers back?
Missing Voices: Part 1 — Tale of Two School Newspapers
Students at Pace High School are building The Pacer from the ground up, while The Classic staff at Townsend Harris High School seek to continue a tradition of journalism excellence.
Ep. 8: The Price of Creativity
At my middle school, I took an art class that had no art teacher. At my new school, the basement has ten music studios.
Keeping Score: An Update
In Year 2, did the Jaguars make progress toward integration and equity on the court? Did they reach their goal of a city championship?
Keeping Score: Part 4
The series ends with a final test for the Jaguars at the city championship.
Keeping Score: Part 2
How did the schools in the John Jay building become divided in the first place?
Keeping Score: Part 1
Two sports programs – rivals under a single roof – are set to merge. Students ask what it will take for the building to live up to its new motto: “We Are One.”
Episode 3: "The Chance To Be Themselves"
In my selective high school it’s easy for students of color – including me – to feel disregarded. But every now and then you find a supportive adult who goes out of their way to make you feel seen.
Update: Who Gets to Play?
Nearly four years after we first reported on the fight for sports equity in NYC, we have an update.
Episode 2: A Year Without Sports
School sports have never just been about the sports themselves — and when they got cancelled, people finally realized how important they actually are.
Episode 3: Who Gets to Play?
David Garcia-Rosen and the Fair Play Coalition are fighting for black and Hispanic students to have equal access to sports teams.