Ep. 3 - Kill the SHSAT Exam for Specialized Schools?
Teacher Think Tank
English - January 21, 2021 22:44 - 17 minutes - 39.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEducation News News Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There are nine New York City 'Specialized High Schools'. Eight of them require the SHSAT exam as the sole admission factor. In 2019, when just 7 of 900 seats were offered to Black students at Stuyvesant High School, the #1 public school in the state, the issue over diversity claimed national headlines. Now, a year later, the issue persists and calls to remove the SHSAT exam as a the only admission factor are mounting. So what's the solution? We want to hear from YOU too. Email us at [email protected]!