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How New York’s Elite Public Schools Lost Their Black and Hispanic Students
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/nyregion/nyc-public-schools-black-hispanic-students.html
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Chancellor Carranza Testifies at NYS Assembly Hearing on the SHSAT
Here’s the Chancellor’s initial testimony, without the following question and answer with elected officials. The entire seven hour hearing can be found here…
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Video: NYC School Segregation: Rethinking the SHSAT
65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation in public schools remains a major issue in cities across the country. New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the country, and some see the controversial Specialized High Schools Admissions Test as part of the problem. At a City Council Oversight…
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SHSAT Assembly Testimony: Race, Gifted & Talented, and Tracking in NYC: Dr. Roda, et. al
Below are some excerpts from Dr. Roda’s paper on SHSAT, gifted and talented, and tracking in NYC. In particular, our research-based recommendations, described below, call on the Chancellor and Mayor to phase out G&T programs and replace them with equitable and integrated desegregated schools and classroom settings with culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum. We also…
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Video: New York City Students and Alumni on the Specialized High School Test
Powerful testimony on the effect’s of a NYC’s single-measure, high-stakes admissions system. And how the pressure affected the mental health of a group of 12 year-old students.
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IBO: Do a Larger Share of Students Attending the City’s Specialized High Schools Live in Neighborhoods With Higher Median Incomes than Those Attending the City’s Other High Schools?
Students in the specialized high schools came from census tracts where the median household income averaged $62,457 compared with $46,392 for students in other high schools. (All dollar amounts are reported in 2012 dollars). If we rank the census tracts by their median income and then divide the tracts into equal fifths (quintiles), we observe…
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High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Latrice Walker
Name: Latrice Walker Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Latrice_Walker Assembly: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Latrice-Walker Phone: 718-342-1256 Assemblymember Latrice Walker advocates for keeping the SHSAT exam as the sole admission’s criteria in New York City specialized high schools. Even as Assemblymember Walker’s district compromises many students who have shown their academic merit but will never have a chance to attend a public specialized…
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Hecht-Calandra Governor’s Bill Jacket
Research on the passing of Hecht-Calandra in 1971. This includes supporting documents from various agencies and stakeholders.
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Bangladeshi families prep for controversial specialized high school exam
About 40 middle school children—all but one from Bangladeshi immigrant families in the Bronx—sat quietly inside a stark classroom at Khan’s Tutorial in Parkchester on a Sunday afternoon in September. Barely audible from the upstairs classroom were the sounds of children playing at a nearby park as the 12 and 13-year-olds reviewed fractions, greatest common…
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5-10-19 Public Hearing on Specialized High Schools
The NY State Assembly had its first hearing on SHSAT exam. The hearing brought together activists, scientists, politicians and city hall employees all to discuss Hecht-Calandra and the exam it authorized. Follow the link below for the over 7 hours of testimony. https://nystateassembly.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5117