Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!
    • Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 7pm
    • The New School
      Bark Room
      2 West 13th Street, 1st Floor
      New York, New York
      N/Q/R/L/4/5/6 to Union Sq

Debut of Up Closed and Personal

Debut of _Up Closed and Personal_

There are a lot of schools in New York City. Some doing well. Others... not so well. What happens to these schools? When can a faltering school be salvaged and when should it be shuttered? How does the Department of Education make decisions about what schools get closed? What does 'doing well' even mean? And who decides?

To get answers to these questions, a group of students from College Now at Hostos Community College in the Bronx worked with CUP staff and teaching artist Vivianne Njoku. They interviewed parents, advocates, and representatives from the Department of Education to get a variety of perspectives. They created Up Closed and Personal, a short film that examines this thorny issue and looks at the decision-making process for closing schools.

Students debuted their work on October 29th sharing their experiences investigating school closings through film and interviews. They were also joined in conversation by Pamela Wheaton from Insideschools.

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing?

ICEbreaker

City Studies

ICEbreaker