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
Civil rights, education, parent & business groups commend NYSED for new guidance on improving equitable access to advanced coursework
Key stakeholders respond to report finding that Latino and Black students across New York are denied access to critical college- and career-prep courses NEW YORK – More than 500 parents, educators,...
The New York Equity Coalition outlines policy priorities for next New York City mayoral administration
An equity-focused agenda will be particularly crucial as New York City seeks to rebuild after the pandemic, which has exacerbated educational inequities that are deeply entrenched in the system.
Coalition calls on New York school districts to invest new state and federal funding into supporting students with the greatest needs
Civil rights, education, parent, and business groups outline three key investment areas to ensure more educational equity.
New analysis finds high-need districts in regions across the state disproportionately relied on Regents exemptions to graduate students
Analysis finds that across New York State, school districts serving the largest shares of students of color and students from low-income backgrounds were more likely to rely on exemptions from Regents exams to graduate students.
The New York Equity Coalition opposes New York State Education Department’s decision to seek a waiver for this year’s grades 3 through 8 state assessments
State assessment data is vital to understand what the academic impacts of the pandemic have been – and how they differ across districts, schools, and student groups.
New analysis of school district reopening plans raises questions about district readiness to support all students in remote learning
As students across New York prepare to return to school in the coming weeks, a new analysis of 50 school district reopening plans raises questions about district readiness to support students equitably in a remote learning environment.
New analysis finds disparities in graduation pathways for historically under-served groups of students
School districts across the state are disproportionately relying on Local diplomas and the Career Development & Occupational Studies (CDOS) pathway — which relies on a credential that was designed to show readiness for entry-level employment — for historically under-served groups of students.
How one non-profit helps schools identify students for advanced coursework and remove barriers to access
For schools working with Equal Opportunity Schools, every staff member becomes an advocate for ensuring all students have access to advanced courses. The non-profit organization’s work in a school...
At Brooklyn’s P-TECH, advanced courses pave the way to an associate in applied science degree
As the founding principal of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn, Rashid Davis has not just tinkered around the margins of the course access problem – he’s taken a...
In Buffalo, a culture shift around Advanced Placement courses
When Sabatino Cimato was a principal in the Buffalo Public Schools a few years ago, if he wanted to offer an Advanced Placement course it was on him to find resources, hire a teacher, and arrange...