Council passes new measures to increase school diversity
A pair of bills passed by the City Council Thursday could help desegregate New York City public schools.
The first piece of legislation codifies and maintains Mayor Bill de Blasio’s School Diversity Advisory Group, while the second would require the city’s Department of Education to reveal the demographics of its staff.
Since its creation in 2017, the mayor’s advisory group has released two reports: one with a whopping 67 systemic and curriculum-focused recommendations, almost all of them approved by the Mayor’s Office, and another that focused largely on the city’s gifted and talented program.