Three council members are planning to introduce a series of bills to improve access to the Big Apple’s elite public high schools. City Council Members Justin Brannan, Keith Powers and Oswald Feliz ...

Another year, another dispiriting set of results for those who care about the city’s eight elite high schools serving New Yorkers of all backgrounds. In a school system where Black and Latino students ...

NEW YORK — The experience of taking the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test — the sole means of getting into eight elite public schools in New York City — is one that students aren’t likely to ...

Last week, New York City students received their offers to the city’s eight specialized high schools. As has been the case in recent years, Asian students form over half of the admittees, followed by ...

Parents of NYC students waiting to take the entry exam for the specialized high schools are being Scrooged by Mayor de Blasio, a new lawsuit complains. Several fed-up moms and dads filed the ...

“It’s really a test of itself,” said David C. Bloomfield, a professor of educational leadership, law and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center. “The test ought to be aimed at ...

The administration released a document titled, “Question and Answers Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College and University of North Carolina.” ...

About 30,000 students are waiting to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), which determines acceptance into Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and other great New York City ...

Students will take the Specialized High Schools Admission Test next week, seeking entry to one of the city's elite public high schools. Despite the pandemic having closed their middle schools, they'll ...