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P.S. 14: Wesley Mar 06, 2023

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In this week’s episode, high school senior and Miseducation intern Wesley Almanzar reflects back on his experience growing up in the New York City school system.

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Miseducation is a podcast of The Bell that equips New York City public high school students with the tools to report on inequities in the nation’s largest school system.

P.S. 13: Three Stops on the A Train Feb 20, 2023

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Coco and Bissiri go to different public high schools, a few miles apart on Manhattan’s west side. One, predominantly white and middle-class. The other predominantly Black and working class. But demographics aside, what about the quality of education? The resources students have or don’t have. The classes. The extracurricular opportunities.

This week, as a follow-up to our two-part series on the persistence of school segregation, we’re re-airing an episode from back in 2018 to illuminate the vast differences in NYC students’ educational experiences—depending on what schools they attend.

You can read the show notes from the original episode here.

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P.S. 12: The Persistence of NYC School Segregation, Pt. 2 Feb 13, 2023

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Last week, we traveled back in history to learn about Civil Rights-era efforts to integrate New York City’s segregated schools and we featured a speech from Reverend Milton Galamison, the leader of the 1964 NYC school boycott. In the episode, we fast forward to present day to take a look at what has changed (and what hasn’t) in the fight for integration.

Ash’aa Khan takes us to Queens to hear a conversation about school diversity between NYC schools chancellor David Banks and hosts of the School Colors podcast, Mark Winston-Griffith and Max Freedman.

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P.S. 11: The Persistence of NYC School Segregation Feb 06, 2023

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It’s February 3, 1964, in New York City, and time is up. An umbrella of civil rights organizations — the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, the New York Urban League and the NAACP — have patiently negotiated and waited… and waited for the Board of Education to submit a thorough plan to integrate the city’s segregated schools. But the plan that comes forward in the 11th hour is weak: no timetable, no serious commitment to change the status quo.

So, close to half a million students stage a one-day school boycott. They call it Freedom Day. It’s the largest single demonstration of the Civil Rights era, almost twice the size of the March on Washington. And it’s rarely taught or talked about these days.

What prompted the protest? How was northern integration activism received in that era? Hear about it from the boycott’s lead organizer, Reverend Milton Galamison. This episode includes excerpts of a speech he delivered a month after the boycott, on March 5, 1964. Listen to the full speech at The New School Archives and Special Collections.

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P.S. 10: Should NYC Schools Have Banned ChatGPT? Jan 30, 2023

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Quiz time. Did a human write this episode intro, or was it AI?

So, you may be wondering, what the heck is chatGPT? Well, it's basically a super smart computer program that can understand and respond to human language like a pro. And let me tell you, it's making waves in the education world!

We're going to talk about all the cool ways chatGPT is being used in schools, from helping students learn new languages to writing the most killer essays, this technology is making it easier for students to learn and teachers to teach. But, as with any new technology, there are some potential downsides that we'll also be discussing.

So, grab a notebook and a pen, because you're going to want to take notes on this one, folks!

Hard to tell, right? This week, Miseducation student reporter Bree Campbell digs into the chatGPT debates with NPR reporter Emma Bowman, who’s been covering the impact of the new AI technology on schools.

Oh, and if you guessed human, you’re wrong.

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P.S. 9: Mother, Daughter and the Elephant in the Room Jan 23, 2023

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Just before her senior year of high school, Kesar Gaba did something brave. She examined a very difficult period of her life and had a conversation with her mother about it for the first time. She wanted to see if a discussion like this could help her mother open up about her own struggles.

Kesar recorded the conversation with her mother for the Summer Youth Podcast Academy in 2021. We’re airing Kesar’s story now for the first time. Afterwards, producer Mira Gordon catches up with Kesar, now a freshman in college, and asks how her relationship with her mother has changed.

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Miseducation is a podcast of The Bell that equips New York City public high school students with the tools to report on inequities in the nation’s largest school system.

P.S. 8 : Dr. King's 6 Steps Jan 16, 2023

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We are marking this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday with a special P.S. Weekly episode devoted to an aspect of MLK’s legacy that isn’t as regularly studied as his “I Have a Dream” speech or his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” We’re focusing on how MLK and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement organized — a blueprint called the Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change.

In an educational conversation with Mira, Sabrina shares analysis and examples of how these steps shaped her own organizing as a student fighting for school integration.

To learn more about the six steps and Dr. King’s philosophy, visit The King Center.

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P.S. 7: Empowering 104,000 One at a Time Jan 09, 2023

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For several years in a row, the number of students in New York City schools experiencing homelessness has exceeded 100,000. This year, city schools have the mounting challenge of welcoming a growing number of recent migrants who are entering a youth shelter system that doesn’t have enough beds.

To dig into the issue of youth homelessness, Miseducation producer Abe Levine and student reporter Fredlove Deshommes sat down with Wayne Harris, a regional manager in the NYC DOE’s Office of Students in Temporary Housing. They quickly learned that Wayne is not your average bureaucrat.

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Keeping Score: An Update Dec 19, 2022

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Earlier this year we collaborated with WNYC Studios on an in-depth series about a year of reporting from inside a divided Brooklyn school building trying to unite through sports. The series is called Keeping Score. If you missed it, definitely go back and check it out.

Today’s episode is an update from two of the Miseducation reporters-turned-characters in the series, Mariah Morgan and Lauren Valme.

Mariah and Lauren are members of the girls varsity volleyball team. The Keeping Score series followed Mariah, Lauren, their teammates and coaches over the course of the first season of the John Jay Jaguars. Prior to last season, there were actually two varsity girls volleyball teams in the same school building. The girls went to different schools on different floors, and were rivals. One of the teams had mostly Black and Latin players. The other – mostly white and Asian. But, in 2021 they decided — after a decade of playing on opposite sides of the net — to join forces, to merge, to integrate.

In this interview with fellow Keeping Score reporter Renika Jack, Mariah and Lauren dig into what happened in Year 2 of this experiment at the intersection of race, class, and public schools.

The volleyball season ended a few weeks ago. Did the Jaguars make progress toward integration and equity on the court? Did they reach their goal of a city championship?

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P.S. 6: When Student Journalism Leads to Change Dec 12, 2022

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When the principal emails you about a story you wrote in the student newspaper, it’s usually a sign of trouble. In Denisse Merino’s case, the email she received led to something very different.

Denisse is a senior at Leadership and Public Service High School and writes for the school’s news site, Lead News. Her school is part of a small but growing cohort trying to reverse the trends in unequal school journalism access for students at predominantly Black and Hispanic high schools. Backed by training and support from the nonprofit organization Press Pass NYC, Denisse has taken on a leading role in the newspaper club.

Denisse also happens to be one of our Miseducation student reporters this school year. In this episode, she shares about her thoughts on the value of student journalism and about the story she wrote that convinced her principal to act.

Miseducation is a podcast of The Bell that equips New York City public high school students with the tools to report on inequities in the nation’s largest school system.

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