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 ...
The notion of a meritocracy — a system in which individuals are selected for positions based on their ability, not their social class or background — dates back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 C.E.) of ...
The recently-released Metis validation study of the Specialized High School Admissions Test has portrayed the SHSAT in a more favorable light than the facts warrant. Although Metis found that SHSAT ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Students who are looking to gain entrance into New York City’s specialized high schools must register before the deadline on Friday. Students are offered admission to the eight ...
Speaking in Manhattan at a roundtable for Spanish-language media, the mayor — along with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in an interview on Inside City Hall later in the evening — didn't provide ...