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It should be noted that four of five trends identified by Dana Goldstein are grounded in inequities and access: widening achievement gaps, weighting college access, curtailing charter schools and [...]

Building Our Movement We are a movement of diverse-by-design schools across the country working towards school integration and creating exemplars of excellence. By bringing more schools into our [...]

What is Our Story? It’s more important now than ever for us to tell our story. Kudos to Brooklyn Prospect for leading the charge recently. “You have to create a community where people of color [...]

Founding Head of School (2019-20 Planning Year, 2020-21 School Launch) Staten Island Hebrew Public Charter School – Staten Island, NY   ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: Hebrew Public is a national [...]

Break Free from Silos Collective learning opens up possibilities for practitioners committed to education equity. Research on this format of learning compares a CoP to a group of artists [...]

As part of the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition’s UnifiED School Launch Program Fellowship, I have had the opportunity to visit schools throughout the United States. In search of an exemplar [...]

Elizabeth Warren’s education plan contains several commendable elements: increased funding for Title I schools, a focus on enforcing anti-discrimination legislation, and a commitment to school [...]

DCSC is thrilled to launch participant sign up for our inaugural Communities of Practice. Communities of Practice are free, six month professional development modules for DCSC members focused on [...]

DCSC would like to congratulate our members DSST Byers Middle School, Hellenic Classical Charter School, and Yu Ming Charter School for being named 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools!   U.S. [...]

Privilege is Segregation With New York City being one of the most segregated school systems in the country today, we must confront what is at the root of this segregation. Yes, it is race, and [...]