The notion of a meritocracy — a system in which individuals are selected for positions based on their ability, not their social class or background — dates back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 C.E.) of ...
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Just 1 Black student gets into Staten Island Tech as racial gaps at specialized high schools persist
Latest NYC admissions data show Black and Latino students receive a tiny fraction of specialized high school offers, while ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters hold pro-SHSAT signs at top left; at bottom right, outside of Staten Island Technical HS; main photo of campus at Bronx ...
A five-year, $17 million contract for the company that administers the city’s controversial entrance exam for specialized high schools was finally approved Wednesday after a highly-anticipated, ...
Four years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed that New York City’s renowned specialized high schools didn’t “look like” the city and declared war on their meritocratic admissions processes. In his ...
The recently-released Metis validation study of the Specialized High School Admissions Test has portrayed the SHSAT in a more favorable light than the facts warrant. Although Metis found that SHSAT ...
Three council members are planning to introduce a series of bills to improve access to the Big Apple’s elite public high schools. City Council Members Justin Brannan, Keith Powers and Oswald Feliz ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by Youth Communications and is reposted here with permission. YC is a nonprofit publisher of teen-written stories and curriculum to help educators ...
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