Tough Test Ahead: Bringing Racial Diversity to New York’s Specialized High Schools

Tough Test Ahead: Bringing Racial Diversity to New York’s Specialized High Schools

By Bruce Cory and Nicole Mader There’s a longstanding debate about why so few Black and Hispanic students are admitted to New York City’s specialized high schools, including Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech. They accounted for fewer than 9% of students offered admissions at eight specialized schools for the current school year; that’s down […]