Through Fair Student Funding (FSF), NYC schools receive funding based on their enrollment numbers. But with enrollment declines as a result of the pandemic, this formula was temporarily halted. While the DOE will allocate some federal funding to supplement the loss in funding due to decreased enrollment over the next two years, schools are still nervous about what their budgets will ultimately look like. 

A children’s book that addresses racism is causing quite a stir for some parents, according to the New York Post. “Our Skin” is a book geared toward children ages 2-5 that addresses skin tones and the origins of racism— but many don’t like the way it tells children that white people invented the concept of race, claiming that it ‘preaches hate.’

When I tell people I’m from Queens, I often hear how diverse the borough is. And depending on how much time or patience I have, I often follow that up with, “Yes, but it’s also the most segregated.” After school dismissal at my high school, Bayside, was the perfect example of this. You didn’t really have to ask anyone which bus they were taking to get home — the white kids jumped on the Q76 going toward Whitestone or simply walked home. The Asian Americans waited at the Q28 stop to get to Flushing, along with the Latino students who would then jump on the 7 train afterward. Black students hopped on either the Q31 or the Q76 heading toward Jamaica.