BRONX SCHOOL OF HIPHOP OPENING FALL 2026

AmpliPHy LGBTQ Voices Black and Out Loud · May 25, 2026 · 5m

The Bronx School of Hip-Hop is a groundbreaking new public high school set to officially open its doors in September. Located in the Claremont section of the Bronx—the historic birthplace of the musical genre—it is the first non-charter, traditional public school of its kind in the United States to use hip-hop as its core “vehicle for learning”. Approved unanimously by New York City’s Panel for Educational Policy, the school was officially announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels as part of a wider initiative to expand culturally responsive, specialized education…