Giving Compass' Take:

· In New York City, students don't choose the school they attend, the school chooses them based on test scores, attendance and even through interviews. The Hechinger Report discusses the screening process students go through when applying for school and the division of race and class in the education system.

· In a city where black and Hispanic students make up the majority, why are they being discriminated against in the school system? How is this segregation in the education system setting minorities up for failure?

· Read more about segregated schools in New York City.

New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in the nation, and at every level of the city’s education bureaucracy, policies and procedures may be preventing integration. This spring, eight high school and college students from across New York City are investigating the systems that have divided them by race and class, and are sharing their own stories and hopes for the future of the city’s schools.

“My mom didn’t work full time,” said Zoe Markman, a white student at the High School of American Studies, one of the city’s best performers. “So getting me into high school basically became her part-time job.”

Zoe is part of the team of students who worked in conjunction with The Bell to report, write and record their own season of the podcast “Miseducation,” which will explore these disparities in depth, from the perspectives of the young people most impacted.

Read the full article about segregated New York schools at The Hechinger Report.