Life is never equal, society is never equal, neither are our schools. Minority schools and predominantly white schools are treated completely differently by the government and our society. This is a report based on the CEC District 13 Meeting, which was focused on racial equity and ways to be anti racist within our schools.

The CEC district 13 meeting helped direct the focus on racial equity in district 13 schools and ways we can be anti racist. One of the clear components on racial inequality in district 13 is the level of proficiency in ELA and Math. According to the NYC Department of Education for district 13 more than 70% of white students have better proficiency in ElA and Math compared to other races like Asian, black and Latinx which had around 40%.These results can really show how the education system is failing other races and prioritizing mostly white schools to have the best results. In a historical students racial demographics chart for district 13 the amount of enrolled black students have decreased every year compared to white students which is the opposite. This is really alarming because it shows how little the education system cares about the number of black students enrolled in schools and values white students remaining in schools. In the CEC meeting it was brought up that 27 schools were economically disadvantaged meaning they are not getting enough funding and resources to help the students learn. This is something that is major that everyone in the meeting felt that needed to be changed. One of the key things that was talked about in the meeting is ways we can advocate for anti racist policies that will eventually lead to racial equity. Some of the ideas that were shared are coming together as a community to help talk about these issues regarding the education system failing minorities so there can be a call to action to stop this. Electing proper officials to help get more funding black, latinx and asian schools in district 13 schools.

—By: Mike Domingue