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NYC mayoral candidates divided on politically fractious elite high school test

Jan 29, 2021

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“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

Foes of de Blasio’s high school integration plan spent close to $1M to quash it

Jul 18, 2019

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The Education Equity Campaign, a pro-test coalition which launched in February to counter the mayor’s plan, hired top firms Tusk Strategies, Bolton St. Johns and Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates to the tune of $80,000 total in May and June, according to the recent bimonthly filings with th犀利士 e state’s ethics watchdog. Those contracts cost them $65,000,…

NYC chapter of Sharpton’s group looks to scrap elite schools test, in break with longtime ally

May 9, 2019

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“The National Action Network, as a Civil Rights organization, cannot allow nor support ‘elitism,’” the remarks state. “As for the opposition’s position for ‘keeping the test as is and fix all middle schools,’ NAN asks why hasn’t this been done before??! And doing so would take too long. Eliminate the test and fix all the…

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NYC mayoral candidates divided on politically fractious elite high school test

Foes of de Blasio’s high school integration plan spent close to $1M to quash it

NYC chapter of Sharpton’s group looks to scrap elite schools test, in break with longtime ally