Featured Posts
“I Hate It Here”: How Minoritized Youth Perceive School and Social Belonging in Contested Racial Climates of Public Schools
Why do Black and Latinx students, and students of immigrant backgrounds report lesser feelings of acceptance and inclusion than their white peers? Dr. Sophia Rodriguez explores the experiences of youth of color and opportunities to create structural change in education policy.
“We’re all, like, one community”: Latinx youths’ sense of belonging in community-based organizations
What is the importance of social support and trusting relationships amongst youth of color? How do community and youth-based organizations foster connection and solidarity with Latinx youth? Dr. Sophia Rodriguez explores the barriers that attribute to lack on belonging that newly arrived Latinx youth experience.
“Disruptive Pupils” and “Forlorn Teachers”: How Educators Participated in the Expansion of Suspensions In NYC Schools
Teachers do not enter the profession to punish or exclude students. And yet numerous educators come to participate in racist and ineffective disciplinary practices. In the final blog post of this multi-part series, Dr. Rachel Lissy explores an often unspoken truth about school discipline policies.
More from 2023
Previous Posts
Perspectives 2023
Blogs from 2023: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2022
Blogs from 2022: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2021
Blogs from 2021: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2020
Blogs from 2020: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2019
Blogs from 2019: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2018
Blogs from 2018: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2017
Blogs from 2017: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.
Perspectives 2016
Blogs from 2016: Read the blog posts from our thought-leaders: educators, students, and community members connected to NYU Metro Center.