We visited two high schools in each of the five boroughs of New York City and conducted student interviews to determine where  educational inequality is present and how it has transformed over time in NYC’s schooling system.  We spoke with students of varying grade levels, ethnicities, and genders to collect extensive and unbiased information, and documented what they identify as.  Below are the interview questions we utilized.

1. What borough do you live in?
2. What middle school did you come from and how were your grades?
3. What was your application experience like?
4. Why did you choose to attend this school? Was it your choice or did outside factors play a role in your decision?
5. Do you notice a difference between how you are treated vs. students of a different ethnicity by teachers?  If you can, give a specific example.
6. Have you ever met and spoken with your guidance counselor? Have they been of service to you?  Do you feel you were treated any differently than other students, or that if you requested service you would be turned away?
7. Do teachers try to help you, personally? Do you have to ask for help, or do they offer?
8. How have you been treated by your fellow peers? If there was an issue, did you bring it to an adult’s attention?  How was it handled?
9. Do you feel that specific clubs, activities, or classes are closed off to you as a result of your ethnicity?
10. Is the security efficient? Does security target or single out certain groups, and if so, based on what?
11. How much aide does the school and its officials provide for you while taking the SAT/ACTS and during the college application process?

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