2016 PASSNYC Collective Impact Summit

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2016 PASSNYC Collective Impact Summit

Our First Collective Impact Summit focused on networking, collaboration, and new solutions.  We gathered talented and passionate individuals and challenged them to work together in a short period of time.  We are overjoyed that the Summit was a tremendous success.  

Hosted at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, our First Collective Impact Summit brought together 50 attendees from over 40 different organizations on Friday, October 14, 2016.  A breakfast through lunch affair, participants got to hear from Dr. Hazel Dukes of the NAACP, and Harold O. Levy of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, before completing our Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking and Collective Impact Boot Camp activities.   

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Announcing the PASSNYC School Explorer

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Announcing the PASSNYC School Explorer

To improve access to education opportunities (including New York’s specialized high schools) for talented students across the city, we also need to improve access to information about schools. Whether you are a parent, community advocate, researcher or policy maker, we believe information about NYC schools should be easy to find and use--to help everyone make more informed decisions that lead to improved access.

That’s why we created the PASSNYC School Explorer--a tool designed to help you uncover the information you need on elementary and middle schools in NYC. 

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[Infographic] 2015 Stats Show Fewer Black and Latino Students Get Spots at Elite High Schools

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[Infographic] 2015 Stats Show Fewer Black and Latino Students Get Spots at Elite High Schools

After last year's SHSAT, the eight specialized high schools are poised to become even less diverse. Just 4 percent of offers went to black students, while just over 6 percent went to Hispanic students, according to data released Friday by the education department. These groups represent about 70% of New York City's public-school population.

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