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How New York’s School System Can Best Serve Communities of Color

Au Hogan is a public school parent and grandparent from Jamaica, Queens

Growing up in Jamaica, Queens, I never dreamed that one day I’d be sitting on a panel inside the New York State Capitol building, alongside some of the most prominent education reform leaders in the country. But like a lot of other parents, my children have sparked me to get involved — because I can’t stand to watch another generation of kids trapped in struggling schools with no hope for real opportunity.

Read the full oped on Medium.

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