The Home Room

Stories About New York City Public Schools

Aaricka Washington in The Home Room

May 20, 2019

The Schools Left Behind

New York City’s school choice policy is a choice for some, but not for all.

Sarah Moawad in The Home Room

May 12, 2019

When school is three boroughs away

More than half of the city’s 114,000 homeless students are still…

Liron Aviva Baur in The Home Room

May 3, 2019

Fractured Families

Immigrant teens bear the pain of leaving loved ones behind, while adjusting to high…

Dian Zhang in The Home Room

May 2, 2019

“College for free!”

An 11-year-old NYC public high school is planning to convert into an early college…

Wenqi (Wency) Chen in The Home Room

Apr 24, 2019

Teen birth rates in NYC four times higher for Hispanics than for whites

A Honduran refugee hurtles…

Yuanjing Shi in The Home Room

Apr 20, 2019

Art as therapy

Immigrant students curate their own paintings, videos, and artifacts to cope with past…

Tianyang Xavier Wang in The Home Room

Apr 20, 2019

“Pouch Your Cellphones.”

The never ending battle to eliminate distractions caused by students’…

Sarah Moawad in The Home Room

Apr 7, 2019

When survival depends on excellence, mediocrity is not an option

Janet Lie in The Home Room

Mar 30, 2019

Fighting gender stereotypes with coding

Female students at a struggling Far Rockaway high school lead…

Aaricka Washington in The Home Room

Mar 27, 2019

“I’m Here Too”

One girl in the mostly male automotive class tackles a career path less traveled

The class of 17 automotive technicians-in-training grabbed their navy-blue coveralls and hard-toed boots from their lockers for their 10 a.m…

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