Behind the scenes, Education Department officials are still scrambling to figure out how to cram in every kid in the event social distancing rules are still in place by September.
On the question of reparations:There are many who argue that racism is so virulent in America and that the history of being brought to this country in chains is so
POSTED ON: May 10, 2021
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From Taesha Aurora s thesis, all my lies are always wishes
At the end of each academic year we introduce a few graduating students from all three schools. In this first of our annual Senior Snapshots series we meet Brandy Vazquez, Juan Carlos Javier and Taesha Aurora, three thesis-year students at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Though they completed their final year via an entirely online curriculum, none of them brought it up during our chats. They just focused on the work. Any challenges, however extraordinary, were seemingly beside the point.
Only 8 Black students admitted into elite NYC public high school
Mayor de Blasio has called for state legislation to replace the admissions exam. Bill de Blasio’s new education boss, Chancellor
Meisha Ross Porter, is speaking out following reports that only a tiny percentage of Black and Latino students had been admitted into the city’s elite high schools.
Per Department of Education data, Black and Latino kids made up only 9 percent of the total admission offers to elite schools like Stuyvesant High School and Bronx High School of Science, down 11 percent from last year, per
New York Times. Out of the 749 available freshman seats at Stuyvesant, only eight Black students received offers. Only one Black student was accepted into Staten Island Technical High School, out of 281 spots, according to the report. Over half of the 4,262 offers for the 2021 school year went to Asian students.
Like so much else in New York City during the past eight years of the de Blasio administration, we have actually taken two steps backward when it comes to curing the dearth of minority students in specialized high schools like Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech.