Giving Compass' Take:

• Alex Zimmerman writes about the 4 questions you need to ask regarding the School Diversity Advisory Group's nine chosen New York City regions that they argue should be required to come up with diversity plans.

• How can donors and funders support initiatives towards classroom and school diversity?

• Here's an article on how creative approaches are necessary to increase diversity in schools.

A task force charged with tackling school segregation in New York City released a series of proposals Tuesday designed to make the city’s schools more representative of their broader neighborhoods.

At the center of the report is a push for each school in New York City — home to one of the most segregated school systems in America — to be more representative of district- and borough-level demographics.

Here are four questions we’ll be watching about what happens next:

  1. Mayor Bill de Blasio has not prioritized desegregation. Will that change?
  2. The report says nine districts should be required to come up with desegregation plans. Will the education department embrace top-down mandates?
  3. Even if the mayor embraced a more active city role in crafting integration efforts, how would that work?
  4. How quickly could changes get off the ground?

Read the full article about the 4 questions to ask about New York City's new school diversity plan by Alex Zimmerman at City & State New York.