P.S. 5: The Mental Health Maze

The New York State constitution promises “a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated." But what happens when that word — all — is tested? Roughly one in five NYC public school students has a learning disability. Some have particularly severe behavioral or mental health challenges requiring accommodations that the average school isn’t equipped to provide. So what then? Where do those students go?Well, according to new reporting from Abigail Kramer, it often depends on what their parents can pay.Listen to my conversation with Abigail about what she uncovered in her story and what she thinks needs to change.Miseducation is a podcast of The Bell that equips New York City public high school students with the tools to report on inequities in the nation’s largest school system.