From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the Daily.

Today, nearly 900 students have been offered admission to New York City's most elite public high school.

Just seven of those students are black.

It's Tuesday, April 2.

Hi, I'm Bill DeBlasio. I'm an outer borough working dad and proud public school parent.

In 2013, Bill DeBlasio.

I'm currently serving as New York City public advocate and I'm running to be your mayor.

Runs for New York City mayor.

Right now, we're living a tale of two cities.

One where the rich keep growing richer while middle class New Yorkers struggle and nearly half our city lives at or near the poverty line.

On this promise that he's going to vanquish inequality in every part of city life.

Without a dramatic change of direction, generations to come will see New York as little more than a playground for the rich.

And his number one priority, each and every child deserves a future that isn't limited by their zip code.

It's to tackle decades of inequities that have been built into America's largest public school system.

The answer is to fix the entire system.

He wants to end a system in which there's this understanding that there's good schools and bad schools.

We have to work from the assumption that we will save every child, that we will reach every child, that no system is actually working unless every child has opportunity.

And really what he's talking about here is the fact that middle class white students have often gone to the quote unquote good schools.

The most funding, the best resources, the highest quality teachers and low income, black and Hispanic students.

Have gone to schools with the poorest performance and the least resources for decades.

Eliza Shakira covers education in New York City.

Now to all the educators in the room, I hope you're going to be proud of this next one.

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