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Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group has frequently examined how schools – both in the City and across the nation – pursue discipline policies that disproportionately punish Black and Latino students and set back their education.

The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning.

NYU Wagner and the Center for an Urban Future selected the 15 urban policy reforms after conducting hundreds of interviews with mayors, agency chiefs, policy experts, academics, business leaders, labor unions and philanthropic foundations.

This country would not be its complete self if we didn't create a space for all who have actually come to play a role in defining its character, in shaping its history, and suggesting its future," explains Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis.