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NOVEMBER 2018

NEW REPORTS

De Blasio's Plan to Racially Integrate Schools Overlooks NYC Demographics

 
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza want to change the racial makeup of New York City’s schools by altering admissions rules, hoping to improve educational outcomes for black and Hispanic students. However, in his new report, Ray Domanico finds the racial and geographic mix of students attending city schools will naturally limit attempts to increase diversity.

NYC Charter Schools Experience Greater Principal Turnover than Traditional Public Schools

 
Principal turnover is higher in charter schools than in traditional public schools, potentially reducing their effectiveness. In a new report, Marcus A. Winters documents principal mobility for New York City’s charter and traditional public schools from 2008 through 2018.

LATEST FROM OUR SCHOLARS

De Blasio’s Quotas Can’t Give New York City Students What They Need

By Ray Domanico
New York Post
October 26, 2018
Based on a new issue brief

 

Racial Integration Isn’t the Answer to a Better Education for NYC’s Black and Latino Students

By Ray Domanico
The 74
October 23, 2018

 

Homeschooling, Into the Breach

The number of American parents choosing to opt out of traditional education continues to grow.
By Kerry McDonald
City Journal Online
October 18, 2018

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Holding middle-schoolers back causes dropout rates to spike, new research finds

By Matt Barnum mentioning Marcus A. Winters
Chalkbeat
October 11, 2018

 

Success Academy calls out de Blasio for curbing school space

By Selim Algar mentioning a report by Charles Sahm
New York Post
October 18, 2018

 

De Blasio’s latest gift to the teachers’ union

Editorial mentioning MI senior fellow Nicole Gelinas
New York Post
October 14, 2018
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