New York City Public Schools are launching a new initiative to desegregate schools and close the education achievement gap.

According to the New York Post, 78 schools from 14 school districts will give black and Hispanic students special admission priority to change the racial makeup of some of the city's top schools.

“I cannot think of any other time where there have been such efforts to try to alter the racial or ethnic makeup of New York City schools,” said Stephan Brumberg, a professor emeritus of education history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Over the past year, dozens of schools have joined the movement in an attempt to make the schools more diverse. A plan that was announced by the city's Department of Education will tackle this issue of desegregation, despite outrage from parents and some community leaders, reports the Gothamist.

There have been 29 schools this year to join the “Diversity in Admissions” pilot initiative. Last year, 49 joined.

All of this is a response to the popular 2014 study from UCLA that broke down the racial background of schools. It revealed top performing schools had more white students and more resources.

“I’m encouraged to see more school communities across the city working to reduce barriers and integrate schools," New schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said in a statement to the Post. "As we move forward, we’ll need a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches to increase access, and have more diverse schools that deliver equity and excellence for all students.”

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