Eliza Shapiro

Eliza Shapiro appears in the following:

30 Issues in 30 Days: New York's Child Care Crisis

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Reporter Eliza Shapiro talks about the high cost of child care in New York City and the mayoral candidates' proposals for addressing the issue.

NYC's child care affordability crisis

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

As the cost of childcare continues to soar in New York City, it has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for many families to afford the coverage they need. 

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The New York Times Investigates 'Failing' Private Hasidic Schools

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Two reporters on their New York Times investigation that found layers of problems at private religious schools in Hasidic communities in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley.

Racial Disparties in NYC High School Admissions

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Eliza Shapiro & Marlon Williams on racial disparities among the incoming freshman classes of the city's elite public high schools.

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Behind de Blasio's 11th Hour Bid to Diversify Elite High Schools

Monday, June 04, 2018

The mayor is asking the state legislature to change the way students are admitted to Stuyvesant and other top schools, but Cuomo says the proposal will fail.

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The Roots of the Diversity Crisis at NYC's Elite High Schools

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A state law passed in 1971 shows the lack of black and Latino students in exam schools may not be an accident.

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Despite Demand, Charters Keep Seats Empty

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Despite increased interest in charters schools and the selective, nail-biting application process, records indicate that thousands of seats in New York charter schools go unfilled.

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