Quinn Challenges Bloomberg to Expand G&T
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Democratic candidate for mayor, stepped away from her frequent position at the side of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticize his administration for a lack of...
View ArticleChart: Manhattan Advantage in Public High School Admissions
Michael Krutyansky was hardly alone last year in his struggle to land a seat in an academically screened high school in Manhattan. It worked out for him only because his mother successfully appealed...
View ArticleLawmakers Tackle Specialized High Schools Admissions
State lawmakers introduced a bill to the assembly on Monday that would change the way students are admitted to New York City’s eight specialized high schools, which include Stuyvesant and Brooklyn...
View ArticleParents Say Brooklyn Tech Feels Like 'Ugly Stepchild' of Specialized Schools
Parents of students at Brooklyn Technical High School said at a meeting this week that the school has been struggling for years with limited funds, as students fix broken equipment and parents strive...
View ArticleCity to Recruit More Blacks, Latinos for Specialized High Schools
WNYC has learned the Department of Education on Thursday will announce several new initiatives aimed at improving student diversity in the city's eight specialized high schools, where black and Latino...
View ArticleBehind de Blasio's 11th Hour Bid to Diversify Elite High Schools
Gov. Andrew Cuomo quickly shot down Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal to diversify New York City's eight elite public schools on Monday, saying it came too late in this year's legislative session. While...
View ArticleSHSAT and Its Discontents
Madina Touré, New York City education reporter for Politico New York, andClara Hemphill, founder of InsideSchools at the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, discuss proposals to change...
View ArticleSouth Bronx Overdoses; SHSAT Changes; No Democracy Without Voting Rights;...
Coming up on today's show: Kassandra Frederique, New York State director at the Drug Policy Alliance, breaks down a report from the Department of Health that reveals that though overdoses are still...
View Article'Consumed With Anxiety': Late NYC High School Acceptances Put Families On Edge
Students applying to public high schools in New York City are still awaiting notification about the first round of admissions, which have been unusually delayed compared to previous years.About 80,000...
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