EduCon 2027

This fall, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote in The New York Times Magazine about enrolling her daughter in a segregated, high-poverty New York City public school, and about what that choice cost her child. The essay reopened a painful national debate. Should families committed to public schools serving Black and Latino children have to choose between their values and their own kids? We think part of the answer lies in who teaches in those schools, and what they believe students can do. At South Bronx Community, we are building a pipeline with four stages: • Students explore teaching through a new NYC Public Schools initiative. Students take an exposure course for careers in education and are also placed into education related internships by our Career Team. • Alumni return as interns, tutors, and staff while in college. • Community beacons from the neighborhood step into classroom and youth development roles. • School leaders grow from within our own teaching staff. Educators who come from the community bring deep knowledge of students' lives. Just as important, they hold high expectations because they know firsthand what our students can do. In this conversation, we'll share how each stage works, and what support keeps them in. The kids the world will need include the adults who will one day teach the next generation.