NY Appleseed sent a letter to NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks and Mayor Eric Adams, signed by hundreds of students, parents, educators, community members, and organizations that represent constituents throughout the city, to permanently end the use of screens, like
Appleseed’s Executive Director, Nyah Berg, wrote an op-ed with HSAAC members, Chantal Hailey (University of Texas at Austin) and Karuna Patel (Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice), “A scarcity mindset prohibits progress in NYC high school admissions,” published
New York Appleseed, in partnership with the High School Application Advisory Committee (HSAAC) convened by Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice, finalized a comprehensive brief outlining needed recommendations for middle and high school admissions, which was sent to
New York Appleseed’s Spring Newsletter announces the release of our Yellow Bus Service Research Briefing, which provides the legal history of yellow-bus service, an analysis of the most recent available data on the usage of yellow-bus service for NYC, and
Appleseed released a statement in response to the announcement of changes to Gifted and Talented programs. In addition to being a tragic reversal of the steps made by the previous administration towards providing enrichment and accelerated learning opportunities to all
New York Appleseed, along with members of the Integration Coalition, compiled a resource guide to provide background on the Movement for Integration that describes the work of students, families, educators and advocates to dismantle school segregation and lay the groundwork
Read here about what New York Appleseed has been up to this fall – with our coalition building and leadership in various spaces, our presence in the media and on different panels as well as some upcoming events that we
NY Appleseed joined members of the Fordham Law Feerick Center’s High School Application Advisory Council to publish The Next Step: Prioritizing Equity and Recovery in NYC High School Admissions (The Next Step) – a report that provides guidance for prioritizing
For the second time this year, Nyah Berg has been identified as a powerful leader in education! She is recognized as one of the Top Power Players in Education by Politics NY for her tireless commitment to combating school segregation
On October 8th, New York Appleseed applauded Mayor de Blasio’s decision to phase out the segregated Gifted and Talented programs in New York City schools. Finally, NYC’s youngest students will not be subjected to a program that often predictably divided
