Addressing educational inequity on Staten Island: ‘Who’s to blame?’ Updated Feb 16, 2021; Posted Feb 13, 2021 In an effort to seek the root causes of the educational struggles seen predominantly on the North Shore, an ad-hoc committee of the Staten Island branch of the NAACP gathered a panel of educators, administrators and community leaders to participate in a recent virtual forum. The event, titled "Who's to Blame?," was attended by about 100 people. (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island chapter of the NAACP recently hosted a virtual forum on educational inequities in the borough and the various challenges -- including low proficiency rates in reading and math and chronic absenteeism -- facing many schools on the North Shore.