Admissions Exams
The quota-mongers' latest attack on the city's top high schools ‘Sexism” is the new rap against the exam for entry into the city’s elite high schools — and it’s every bit as bogus as the usual “racist” charge. Critics pounced...
De Blasio says he'll 'revisit' entrance criteria for top high schools After claiming for years that he’s powerless to change the entrance criteria at some of the city’s best high schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday suddenly reversed course and...
All kids should get the 'gifted education' treatment Gotham’s gifted kids shouldn’t be the only ones getting a well-rounded education. Yet that’s increasingly the case. If you have a 4-year-old in New York City, you’re likely having conversations...
City's free SAT offer can still leave kids picking up the tab The city’s Department of Education is picking up the $2.5 million bill so 70,000 high-school students can take the three-hour SAT college-entrance exam for free on Wednesday. But education officials...
NYC juniors won't have to pay to take the SATs anymore Public high-school juniors will no longer have to pay to take the SAT exam. The city will begin offering the students the test free of charge beginning in the spring...