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Apr 19, 2021, 6 tweets

🚨IMPT point from @DefendingEd Nicole Neily in @WSJopinion: “New York’s Selective Public Schools Aren’t Only for the Wealthy.
More than 60% of the students at Brooklyn Tech High School + nearly half the students at Stuyvesant High School live in poverty.”

wsj.com/articles/new-y…

🧵Writes Nicole Neily @DefendingEd: “@MoskowitzEva makes an excellent point that New York City students suffer from a shortage of good schools (“Great Schools Are the Solution to Educational ‘Segregation,’ ” Cross Country, April 12).”

“But we shouldn’t make the mistake of viewing the city’s selective schools as disproportionately composed of the children of affluent white families.”
— Nicole Neily @DefendingEd

wsj.com/articles/new-y…

“As a recent court motion from Parents Defending Education highlights, more than 60% of the students at Brooklyn Tech High School + nearly half the students at Stuyvesant High School live in poverty,” writes @DefendingEd Nicole Neily.

wsj.com/articles/new-y…

“These programs are a lifeline to low-income and immigrant families who cannot afford private school.
Without a doubt, New York City’s school system suffers from a supply problem.”
— Nicole Neily @DefendingEd in @WSJopinion

wsj.com/articles/new-y…

“One option...rarely discussed but deserves greater consideration is to expand the capacity of...gifted + talented programs, so more students may access a free high-quality education.”

- Nicole Neily @DefendingEd @WSJopinion

wsj.com/articles/new-y…

What a NYC dad told me 👇🏽

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