A movement to keep the Specialized High School Standardized Admissions Test as the sole criterion for admission to specialized high schools appropriated the line, “Let my people go,” from the African ...

When I was younger, I dreamed of going to the High School of American Studies, one of the city’s eight specialized high schools, where admission is based solely on a student’s performance on a single ...

The embattled entrance exam for the city's elite public high schools has survived another year. But the well-heeled advocacy group that's been fighting to keep it says its work isn't done. "It is not ...