Last night a group of District 2 Manhattan parents protested the Mayor's proposal to adopt a more flexible plan for admission to New York's specialized high schools. Until now admission to the famous schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science has been based solely on the admissions test. the Mayor's proposal is similar to the Texas 10% plan - top students in schools will be eligible.
The specialized schools are now largely Asian and white, with tiny numbers of Black and Latin students.
Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools? - The New York Times:
by Nikole Hannah Jones
The arguments over the confirmation of the new secretary of education were about something bigger: which government institutions benefit which citizens.
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