Director of Education Policy, Center for New York City Affairs, The New School

Education

‘Our Readers Feel We Are on Their Side’

A Q&A with InsideSchools founder Clara Hemphill

June 16, 2019 • by Clara Hemphill

Urban Matters: Let’s start with InsideSchools. It’s immensely popular; it's web site gets more than 1.5 million annual visitors. Its individual school profiles have made it the first place many parents go for information about schools as well as about school policies and procedures. What makes InsideSchools work? Hemphill: People trust us. ...

Education

Can Screened Schools Be Part Of A Diverse School System?

Why racial and income integration in the public schools matters

February 17, 2019 • by Clara Hemphill and Nicole Mader

The Mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group this week released a report making a compelling case for why racial and income integration in the public schools matters. Now the challenge is coming up with realistic plans to make it happen -- and at the Center for New York City Affairs we ...

Can Screened Schools Be Part Of A Diverse School System?

Education

The Flawed Specialized High School System

And Ways to Fix It

June 9, 2018 • by Clara Hemphill

Mayor Bill de Blasio faces an uphill battle in Albany in his quest to get rid of the admissions test for elite high schools including Stuyvesant and Bronx High School of Science, but there’s a lot he can do now to advance his Administration’s stated goal of increasing opportunities for ...

The Flawed Specialized High School System

Education

Reasons for Hope

Integrating New York Public Schools

June 3, 2018 • by Clara Hemphill

In the mostly pessimistic debate over school segregation here’s a reason for optimism: For the first time in decades, we have the possibility — if not yet the reality — of more economically, and also racially, integrated public schools in many neighborhoods in New York City. And there are heartening ...