Ensuring Equity Online
The school year that is now nearly halfway complete has been exceptionally challenging for New York students and educators.
The ongoing effects of the pandemic, ever-evolving adjustments to teaching and learning, and the continued national reckoning with systemic racism are all taking their toll on educators and their students.
Yet across New York State, students and educators continue to persevere through one of the most challenging times facing schools in our lifetime.
Here are their stories.
About the Project
How New York Educators are Working to Ensure Equity Online
Tell lawmakers: New York State must expand student access to advanced coursework
These disparities in access are holding New York students back from taking critical courses that help them discover new interests and prepare for college, careers, and civic life.
Analysis finds New York’s education system denies students of color and students from low-income backgrounds access to advanced coursework
The analysis also found that there was little change in access to these advanced courses between the 2019-20 and 2021-22 school year, despite important guidance from the New York State Education Department to help districts expand equitable access to advanced coursework.
New analysis finds New York State school districts slow to spend federal pandemic relief dollars
The report also examines how other states are investing their federal funding and how New York can ensure these resources are reaching the students who most need them.
New analysis reveals impact of interrupted instruction on student learning in English Language Arts and math
A new analysis of recently released assessment results from the New York State Department of Education reveals the impact of interrupted instruction on student learning in English Language Arts (ELA) and math.
New analysis highlights school districts’ reliance on Regents exemptions to graduate students
A new analysis by the New York Equity Coalition found that while the state’s graduation rate has steadily risen in recent years, a reliance on exemptions from Regents exams and regulatory changes may have inflated the increases.
Equity Alert: Why Regents exams matter
We need to maintain high expectations for ALL students – not lower them. Now more than ever, it is critical that students leave high school with a competitive diploma that prepares them for college and the workforce.
Letter to the Board of Regents on a proposed amendment that would weaken requirements for earning a local diploma
The New York Equity Coalition is deeply concerned about a proposed amendment that would weaken requirements for earning a local diploma in New York State.
Poll: Parents overwhelmingly are concerned about their child’s academic performance and social emotional well-being
NEW YORK – Even as schools across New York returned to full-time in-person instruction this year, a new statewide poll of parents identified significant concerns about how the pandemic is affecting...
How schools can support students in accessing advanced courses, and what students think can be done better
How do students think schools can increase opportunity now and in the long term? From offering pre-work to advanced courses, hybrid instruction options, and more, students have plenty of ideas on how their schools can either improve what they’re already doing or implement new supports.
How access to information and enrollment practices can hold students back from taking advanced courses
Enrollment practices, how information is disseminated to students and families about taking advanced coursework, and whether or not a school offers advanced courses are a few barriers to whether or not students are enrolled early on — or enrolled when they would like to be.