Monica Disare

Former Zubrow fellow @JuvLaw1975 and reporter for @ChalkbeatNY. Ask me where to find the best Buffalo wings. Views are my own.

[Juvenile Law Center @JuvLaw1975]

Want to learn more about our Zubrow Fellowship program? Join @NadiaMoz tomorrow at 12pm noon EST: https://t.co/yuSzXLMSnx #ZubrowsNow

[Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative @GeorgetownJJI]

It's always exciting to watch the careers of our former students develop. It's especially fun when they go to an amazing partner like @JuvLaw1975, which means we will likely get to keep working with them.

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

Three years ago, I came to law school to fight for children’s rights. I’m so, so excited I’ll have the chance to do so at the Juvenile Law Center next year!

[Juvenile Law Center @JuvLaw1975]

We are proud to announce the appointment of our 20th Fellow Monica Disare for the Sol & Helen Zubrow Fellowship in Children's Law. https://t.co/9K16Pdf0WT #zubrowsnow

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

Worth revisiting @MonicaDisare's definitive 2018 piece on District 2 priority and how it preserved a set of high schools almost exclusively for families in more privileged nabes. Took BdB 7 years and a pandemic, but it's gone now:
https://t.co/T1yqMmsbBO

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

Eliminating D2 priority (which disadvantages Black/Hispanic students) was first on the list of things @MonicaDisare pointed out two years ago that @DOEChancellor & @NYCMayor could change overnight if they wanted to.
https://t.co/c5OsrsFfN6

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

@AGZimmerman @reemadamin Haha it might be my most important contribution to education journalism

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

The debate about segregation at NYC's elite specialized high schools is important.

But as @MonicaDisare's reporting has shown, it's only the tip of the iceberg:
https://t.co/8JALamPG2w

[Christina Veiga @cveiga]

Councilman @bradlander says screens function “as a system for hoarding privilege.” Plan will eliminate selective admissions in middle schools, which critics blame for segregating students by race and class.

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

Also, this analysis doesn’t include PTA funding, which makes a big difference at wealthy public schools in NYC. https://t.co/8cMaOVOz88

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

At a @CityAndStateNY panel this morning here's what various education leaders told me about the idea of using federal funds to arm teachers:

Commissioner Elia: "Insanity"

@MarkTreyger718: "Insane" and "out of touch"

@UFT's Mulgrew: “Stupidity knows no bounds”

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

@skyedali @nytimes Thanks!

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

Hmmmm why does this @nytimes story look familiar? https://t.co/ndTcRUXz8q
Oh yeah, it's because I already wrote it.
https://t.co/dNYWUp1BgW

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

I mean, I try not to do this but it's the same concept, same stats, even the same words as our previous story.

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

Smile if the Washington Monument is on your morning run

[Anna Gronewold @annagronewold]

FOILed Excelsior apps found more than 2/3 of students who applied did not qualify for NY's free-tuition scholarship its first year, mostly because they didn't meet 30-credit-per-year requirement.
https://t.co/AAKWvgnwIX

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

This pretty much says it all

[Lindsey Christ @LindseyChrist]

I asked about the lack of black and Hispanic supporters of this initiative standing here at City Hall. @TonyAvella says they hadn’t tried to reach out yet but will try now to get black and Hispanic NYers to back this plan.

[New York Daily News @NYDailyNews]

You may know us for our provocative front pages.

But there's a reason the Daily News is known as "New York's Hometown Newspaper."

Here are just a few examples why we believe local journalism is so important. #SupportLocalJournalism

[Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman]

Welcome to the world of 'gifted' programs, where thousands of 4-year-olds are tracked based on a single test and few black and Hispanic students gain entry. Important story from @cveiga:
https://t.co/17fSOmKY4L

[Monica Disare @MonicaDisare]

Is now where we confess if we’ve taken candy in the past? @KeshiaClukey https://t.co/PcD5h2eKVp

[Anna Gronewold @annagronewold]

When the board leaves and the webcast camera is off, some non-Regent lingerers poach. There is no candy police, one informed me. It’s the Wild Wild West of education folks.