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Extra Credit: The Hearing
Podcast |
Miseducation
Publisher |
The Bell
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Education, 
K-12, 
Personal Journals, 
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education, 
Government, 
K-12, 
Personal Journals, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 18, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:21:05
At the City Council's December 7 hearing on school integration, representatives from the Department of Education showed no signs of picking up the pace to address what Council Member Ritchie Torres called a "crisis." Student members of Teens Take Charge and dozens of other advocates testified at the hearing. Students Whitney and Nelson joined Taylor to recap the highs and lows of the hearing.
At the City Council's December 7 hearing on school integration, representatives from the Department of Education showed no signs of picking up the pace to address what Council Member Ritchie Torres called a "crisis." Student members of Teens Take Charge and dozens of other advocates testified at the hearing. Students Whitney and Nelson joined Taylor to recap the highs and lows of the hearing.
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“By refusing to even use the word segregation I worry that we’re whitewashing the historical context of racism that explains why our schools have been so inequitable for so long.”
— City Council Member Ritchie Torres    

At the City Council hearing on school integration December 7, student members of Teens Take Charge and Integrate NYC wore shirts and sunglasses honoring Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine. Watch the Teens Take Charge testimony here.

Six months after the NYC Department of Education released its long-awaited "diversity plan," the City Council hosted a hearing on school integration to assess progress. Editor Taylor McGraw and student members of Teens Take Charge joined close to 200 advocates in the audience and spoke during the public testimony portion of the meeting, urging the city to move faster on the issue. Taylor sat down with Whitney and Nelson (featured in Episode 3) to recap the highs and lows of the hearing, including several excerpts of the students' testimony. 

 

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