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NYC schools will have universal dress code for first time – NBC New York
For the first time, all New York City public school students will have to abide by a universal school dress code. The New York City Council approved legislation Thursday that requires public school dress codes to comply with Title IV, the federal civil rights law that bars discrimination based on gender. According to Councilmember Althea …
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Freedom Schools Are Still Radical—and Necessary
Sixty years ago, over 40 Freedom Schools opened their doors to all children in the state of Mississippi. Iterations of “freedom schooling”—clandestine or fugitive learning by and for Black communities—existed for centuries, since the era of enslavement. For those communities, education was linked to liberation and the democratic project itself. But the Freedom Schools of …