Inequities in NYC Public Schools
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New York City's public school system is the largest in the United States
Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer for exposing U.S. school segregation.
Her NYT Magazine series on school integration, including NYC's segregated schools, earned her the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary — making her a leading journalistic voice on education inequality.
Over 75% of NYC public school students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch
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New York has the most segregated public schools of any U.S. state.
UCLA's Civil Rights Project has repeatedly ranked New York #1 for Black student school segregation. In NYC, roughly 67% of public school students are Black or Hispanic, yet per-pupil funding varies sharply by neighborhood.