We defend every child's right to enroll in the best public schools.
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7 Mar 2023
Every year thousands of kids across our country are turned away unfairly or illegally from public schools.
That has to change. It's time to ensure public schools are available to all kids.
Join us in this fight: availabletoall.org/
#AvailableToAll #PublicEducation
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Jun 14
In New York, a child can live minutes from a top public school — and still have virtually no chance of attending it.
Why?
Because of attendance boundaries that mirror patterns from racist redlining maps. na2.hubs.ly/H05QGW_0
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Jun 10
The Supreme Court declared in Brown v. Board of Education that public schools must be “available to all on equal terms.”
So why are so many families still locked out of high-performing public schools because of where they live?
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Jun 4
New York is one of the most progressive states in the country.
But those values aren’t showing up in its public school system.
District lines and redlining-like attendance boundaries are still keeping low-income students out of nearby top-performing public schools.
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Jun 1
Brown v. Board promised public schools “available to all on equal terms.”
But many of today’s best public schools are still effectively reserved for families with the right address or income.
Our president @timderoche in @time: na2.hubs.ly/H05QCZP0
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May 21
We just passed the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
It's worth revisiting a hard truth: Many of the nation's top public schools still systematically exclude low-income students.
In @usatoday, our president @timderoche explains why this failure of law must be addressed by the courts and lawmakers. na2.hubs.ly/H05Hchz0
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May 1
Denied a transfer to a better school district?
You can fight back. Under California law, families can appeal to their county board of education–and often win, especially in L.A. or Orange County.
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Apr 28
L.A. County Board of Education: leans left
@OCDeptofEd: leans right.
What do they have in common?
Letting students transfer to better public school districts. na2.hubs.ly/H0593Qk0
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Apr 28
"A recent study demonstrates how schools near to one another but across district lines could be improved by erasing these artificial barriers."
Thanks @VitalCityNYC for the shout-out to our new report, And Stay Out. availabletoall.org/report-an…
@ZohranKMamdani is right: @NYCSchools are the most segregated in the nation.
But will he take on the root cause?
Exclusionary attendance zones--many of which look like racist redlining maps from the 1930s.
Apr 27
As Zohran Mamdani was late to acknowledge, mayoral accountability is crucial to New York City's schools. At the same time, parents actually do need to be heard in meaningful ways. How to square the circle?
Two perspectives now live at Vital City:
vitalcitynyc.org/mamdani-par…
vitalcitynyc.org/mamdani-may…
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Apr 27
Exclusionary lines are keeping middle and low-income students out of top public schools in high-cost districts like @Beverlyhillsusd.
But California law gives them a path in.
In @EdSource, our president @timderoche explains how: na2.hubs.ly/H057RH-0
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Apr 27
Can't afford to live in a district like @Beverlyhillsusd? You can still apply to its top schools.
Here's how:
✔️ Apply for an interdistrict transfer
✔️If denied, appeal to the county board of education
Our president @timderoche's latest in @EdSource: na2.hubs.ly/H057KH20
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Apr 15
💰 Tax Day reminder:
Across the country, parents' tax dollars are flowing into top public schools that their children are excluded from.
The reason?
Arbitrary attendance zones drawn and enforced by the government.
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Apr 7
.@DianeRavitch rightly calls out charter public schools when they turn kids away because of zip code.
But will she call out traditional public schools that do the same thing?
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Overall, of the five studies reviewing the effects of K-12 open enrollment on student achievement, four of them find that participants experienced statistically significant positive results or no effect. reason.org/commentary/the-im…
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In this powerful spoken word, Sabrina DuQuesnay pulls no punches about the inequalities baked into New York’s address-based assignment system—and the consequences for students.
“Obtaining an education should not be determined by race, performance, tax bracket or zip code.”
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Apr 2
Open enrollment puts families in control and opens the door to better opportunities.
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Mar 31
.@AOC's family “chipped in for a down payment” to move from The Bronx to Westchester so she and her brother could enroll in better schools.
That turned out great for her.
But a lot of working-class families can’t afford to do the same. Instead, they’re boxed out of high-quality schools, often right in their own back yards.
Our president @timderoche in the @nypost: na2.hubs.ly/H04C1KX0
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Apr 2
School choice has always existed.
We just called it real estate. 🏠️
Families with means buy access to high-quality schools through housing markets.
Families without means often can’t.
That’s not equal access.
🎧 I unpacked this with Richard Helppie on the Common Bridge podcast.
@BrookingsInst, @AEI, @FordhamInst, @EducationNext, @MichaelPetrilli @Available2All
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Apr 1
What do many of @NYCSchools have in common?
Attendance zones that carry forward the legacy of racist policies from the Jim Crow era.
Our president @timderoche in the @nypost: na2.hubs.ly/H04CbD40
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Mar 31
"It's the maps, Mr. Mayor."--@timderoche
If @ZohranKMamdani is serious about tackling the affordability crisis--and giving every student a fair shot at the American dream--he must take on school attendance zones.
Why?
They reserve access to the best public schools for the wealthy and preserve patterns of discrimination from decades past. na2.hubs.ly/H04CbBj0
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