District 5 Public Schools to Pilot Black Studies Curriculum

January 27, 2023

As recently reported in the Columbia Spectator, "The New York City Department of Education’s fifth district, in partnership with the Black Education Research Center at Teachers College, is aiming to launch a pilot PK-12 Black studies curriculum program during the 2023-24 academic year. District 5, which includes all public schools in West Harlem, will be one of the city’s only districts to include all of its schools in the initial rollout."

For more information:
"Black studies curriculum program pilots in District 5 public schools" (Columbia Spectator, January 24, 2023)
Black Education Research Center at Teachers College 
"New Education Equity Action Plan’s pilot K-12 Black studies curriculum to launch in 2022" (Africa in Harlem