NYC, facing segregated schools and new class size law, could find an answer in Brooklyn
New York City public schools, vexed by persistent racial segregation and a new state law mandating smaller classes, could find an answer in the recent “successful” merger of two schools in Brooklyn, according to a newThe report holds up as a model the Bed-Stuy school Arts and Letters 305 United, formed in 2020 for Pre-K to eighth-graders.
Even as the momentum to integrate schools in recent years has stalled, Lander said, the class size restrictions add a financial and logistical incentive and opportunity to chip away at city schools’ stubborn patterns of racial segregation.And they may be a more cost-effective option than constructing new buildings to ease crowding, Lander said. The School Construction Authority recently estimated that building new schools to meet the mandate will cost $180,000 per seat.
But the report still found that the integration efforts were overall successful, bringing much-needed resources to both school communities. New York City public schools, vexed by persistent racial segregation and a new state law mandating smaller classes, could find an answer in the recent “successful” merger of two schools in Brooklyn, according to a newThe report holds up as a model the Bed-Stuy school Arts and Letters 305 United, formed in 2020 for Pre-K to eighth-graders.
Even as the momentum to integrate schools in recent years has stalled, Lander said, the class size restrictions add a financial and logistical incentive and opportunity to chip away at city schools’ stubborn patterns of racial segregation.And they may be a more cost-effective option than constructing new buildings to ease crowding, Lander said. The School Construction Authority recently estimated that building new schools to meet the mandate will cost $180,000 per seat.
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