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NYC parents fight against Bloomberg's school cuts
Thursday January 12, 2012
As the saga continues over public school closures across the city, parents and students at one school in Brooklyn, like several others in the borough, aren't giving in to closure without a fight.
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Youth Organizers March on City Hall Calls for End to 'Stop and Frisk'
Wednesday October 12, 2011
The marchers, organized by Make the Road New York, an advocacy group for immigrants and low-income people, and joined by several City Council members, were demanding changes in the police’s stop-and-frisk policy, which critics say singles out black and Latino young people, most of whom are never charged.
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Study Finds Minority Students Get Harsher Punishments
Wednesday October 05, 2011
Black and Hispanic students are far more likely to be kicked out of school when they break the rules, including some that often have nothing to do with keeping students safe, according to a new report from a civil rights research and advocacy group.
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Teachers Paid Less in Higher-Minority Schools
Tuesday September 27, 2011
In many ethnically diverse school districts across the country, teachers in schools that serve the top quintile of African-American and Latino students are paid significantly less—approximately $2,500 per year—than the average teacher in such districts, according to an analysis released today by the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights.
