Category: news
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Stuyvesant High School Admitted 762 New Students. Only 7 Are Black.
Gaps at many of the other schools were also stark: Out of 287 offers made at Staten Island Technical High School, for example, two Black students were accepted — up from zero last year — along with seven Latino students. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/nyregion/stuyvesant-high-school-black-students.html
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NYC’s specialized high schools continue to admit few Black, Latino students, 2022 data shows
While the share of Black and Latino students taking the test increased this year by more than five percentage points, to almost 47% of test-takers, that did not translate into more students earning a score high enough to qualify for admission. (There is no cut-off score for admission. Rather, offers are based on ranked scores,…
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Teachers union chief cites Stuyvesant HS in ripping standardized testing
American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten critiqued standardized testing Thursday — and specifically cited the racial makeup of heavily Asian Stuyvesant High School as an example of what’s wrong with the system. “If you need proof of the limitations of standardized tests, consider that of the 750 students admitted to New York Citys acclaimed…
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Stuyvesant students say the crushing workload is hurting their mental health. Here’s what they’re doing about it.
Homework for regular classes is supposed to be capped at an hour over two days, or two hours for Advanced Placement classes, Giordano explained. Much of the discussion about the path forward has often been mired in the debate over academic standards. “It often comes down to this zero sum game, that in order to…
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NYC mayoral candidates divided on politically fractious elite high school test
“We cannot have admissions practices that have nothing to do with the learning abilities or needs of our kids, that are frankly just testing how much income parents have and for low-income parents who are scraping it together instead of doing other things with their limited dollars,” Maya Wiley https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/01/28/nyc-mayoral-candidates-divided-on-politically-fractious-elite-high-school-test-1361070
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Students Will Take SHSAT in Person Next Week, Adding to Strain on Middle School Principals
Covid pandemic or not, NYC holds the SHSAT exam. “It seems incredibly unfair to put families in the position where they, again, any family who chose remote learning, now has to choose whether it is worth jeopardizing the safety and health and well-being of people in their household to send their student, their children, in…
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Lawmakers, advocates launch new effort to repeal state specialized high school law amid racial justice protests
The new effort, spearheaded by the advocacy group Teens Take Charge, comes on the heels of sweeping protests against racial injustice that advocates hope will shine new light on segregation in city schools. “The recent protests really did show all of us racism is a really big issue and that we need to do better…
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Attorney Launches ‘DREAMChasers’ Program to Help Underrepresented Students Prepare for SHSAT
The students have been studying with instructors from Khan’s Tutorial. The 11 month course normally costs around $2,500. But these classes, for students from low-income homes, are free—thanks to a program called DREAMChasers. It was created by attorney and Bronx Science alum Jason Clark after visiting his old school and noticing the lack of diversity.…
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Elite High-School Debate Simmers as Albany Session Winds Down
They got some relief Wednesday when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who attended Brooklyn Technical High School, told reporters he isn’t considering a deal to pass that bill in return for other changes, such as boosting gifted programs. “I think we should be looking to enrich our junior high-school students as we try…