Some prestigious NYC high schools will reserve 75% of their seats for Manhattan students. This raises massive concerns about reversing recent diversity gains.
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Summer is around the corner, and we all know how expensive everything is. If you have a teen who will be looking for free or low-cost things to do this summer with friends, send them this list. Get Active Movies Concerts and Broadway shows Museums, zoos, and more For more fun summer ideas, check out…
The 2024-25 school year calendar is live, and one Brooklyn student noticed something that doesn’t quite make sense. Winter break is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, December 24 and run through the following Wednesday, January 1. This means that Monday, December 23 is a one-day week. So, seventh grader Isaac Regnier took things into his…
The Class of 2024 has lost so much. Don’t take away their graduation, too! That’s the refrain from folks concerned about the numerous cancellations of that all-important rite of walking in a cap and gown to collect a diploma. After all, this particular cohort of undergraduates missed that opportunity four years ago—just weeks after the…
Entry to New York City’s eight specialized high schools – Stuyvesant HS, Brooklyn Tech HS, Bronx Science HS, Staten Island Tech HS, HS for Math, Science and Engineering, HS of American Studies, Brooklyn Latin HS and Queens HS for the Sciences – is based exclusively on a student’s Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) score. …
