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3 out of 4 of the city’s students are considered economically disadvantaged (New York City Office of the Mayor/AP; iStock; Lily illustration) Anne Branigin
Mar. 3, 2021
Rasheedah Harris knows how easy it can be for students and their families to be overlooked in New York City schools. As a student, she says she learned early on that only the loudest voices are heard.
Years later, she says she felt the same way when her own daughter was a student in New York.
Then she met Meisha Ross Porter, a Bronx executive superintendent who also grew up in the public school system.