Local districts decided whether to allow middle schools to use grades in choosing students. The majority chose to keep a less competitive lottery system that began during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Admissions Standards”
Bring Back Competitive Admissions? Some NYC Middle Schools May Not.
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2022
After a pandemic moratorium, city leaders are letting school superintendents decide whether to bring back some admissions requirements that critics say feed racial disparities. Source: New York Times
Crisis in Iran Inspires a Cartoonist in New York
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2022
Nasrin Sheykhi drew a powerful caricature after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Source: New York Times
In a Reversal, NYC Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2022
The city loosened selection criteria during the pandemic, policies some parents protested as unfair and others hoped would reduce racial disparities. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Tried to Fix High School Admissions. Some Parents Are Furious.
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2022
In an attempt to democratize schools, the city is focusing less on grades, attendance and test scores. Instead, it relies heavily on a lottery. Source: New York Times
How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2022
Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that. Source: New York Times
De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2021
The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students. It will be up to his successor to implement it. Source: New…
How the Mayor’s Big Decision Could Upend N.Y.C. School Admissions
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2021
New York City’s highly competitive gifted and talented programs could be overhauled in one of the last major policy moves from Mayor Bill de Blasio. Source: New York Times
Only 8 Black Students Are Admitted to Stuyvesant High School
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2021
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools. Source: New York Times
Lawsuit Challenging NYC School Segregation Targets Gifted Programs
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2021
The sweeping complaint accuses New York City of maintaining a segregated school system and seeks to establish the right to an anti-racist education. Source: New York Times
Should Ivy League Schools Randomly Select Students (At Least for a Little While)?
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2020
College admissions have favored the well-off for ages, and the pandemic has only made things worse. Now is now the time to change the process. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. to Change Many Selective Schools to Address Segregation
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
The pandemic prompted the mayor’s most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students. Source: New York Times