The underrepresentation of Black and Latino students in prestigious institutions like Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science has been a long-term problem for the city.
"10 percent of offers went to Black and Latino students, but those students represent about two-thirds of the city's public school population. I think what we've seen under Mayor Eric Adams is that they just haven't prioritized school integration," said Alex Zimmerman, an education journalist for Chalkbeat New York.
New York State Senator John Liu, chairman of the New York City education committee, attributes part of the problem to the historical dismantling of accelerated learning programs in the early 2000s. "That's led to students, particularly in communities of color, not having that kind of accelerated coursework that would then empower them to do well on a specialized high school admissions test," Liu said.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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