Clara Hemphill

Changes may be coming to the way students are admitted to New York City's specialized high schools.

A new study found that in many parts of New York City, schools are way more segregated by race and class than the surrounding neighborhoods.

Beth Fertig, contributing editor for education at WNYC and Schoolbook.org discusses the school evaluation reports released yesterday.

Then, Clara Hemphill, senior editor at Insideschools.org at The New School, offers guidance for students and parents deep in the public high school admissions process, with the deadline just after the holiday.

 

Beth Fertig, WNYC's education reporter and contributor to SchoolBook, and Clara Hemphill, senior editor at The New School's Center for New York City Affairs, talk about Thursday's vote on more school closings and the start of the elementary school selection process. 

Senior editor of The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs Clara Hemphill examines the numbers-based evaluation of schools and offers proposals for improvement.

Smaller schools perform better, but what's the ripple effect for the school system as a whole? Josh Thomases, chief academic officer in the Department of Education's Office of School Support, Clara Hemphill, senior editor at the Center for New York City Affairs and Deycy Avitia, coordinator of Education ...