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It's time to stop cheating Manhattan students by giving other kids priority
New York City public school madness must end.
Star student with 100 GPA denied admission to dream school because of NYC's 'subjective' lottery system
Four published books, numerous debate accolades, perfect attendance and a 100 GPA weren't enough to get a Queens eighth grader into her dream high school.
SCOTUS passes on case alleging elite school discriminates against Asian-Americans
The Supreme Court passed on reviewing a challenge against admissions practices at the Northern Virginia high school, drawing an impassioned dissent from Justice Thomas Alito.
Harvard has a secret back door to let in ultra-rich kids with lousy grades — without hurting rankings
What does Harvard do when faced with well-connected applicants who have less-than-ideal SAT scores and GPAs? The school puts them on the Z-List, according to a college admissions coach.
Brooklyn middle school takes 'math' out of its name after students fail
The Math & Science Exploratory School MS 447 in Brooklyn plans to change their name because of lowered admission standards as their students performed poorly on their math tests.
Parents who back merit, higher standards romp in NYC school council elections
Parents endorsed by a group that supports merit-based education and rigorous standards dominated New York City's parent council elections, results show.
I Iost a whopping $100K college scholarship — then a miracle happened
Madi admitted she lost the chunk of change from one of her top three colleges because she forgot to open the college admission letter.
Parents paying $10K to get kids 'published' is just more college admissions BS
Forget cheating on their SATs or writing your kid's application essay -- for a mere $10K, you can transform your teen into a published author in a peer-reviewed journal.
SUNY drops SAT/ACT testing requirement for admission
The State University of New York will no longer require students to take either the SAT and ACT tests to apply to its four-year undergraduate colleges as enrollment declines.
Brooklyn teen, discouraged from getting into Stuyvesant, now MIT-bound
One Stuyvesant High School senior who was once told getting into the elite magnet school was “practically impossible,” just landed a spot at MIT – and is still waiting to...
One small fix for NYC's cruel lottery for kindergarten assignments
New York City parents of pre-K students will apply for kindergarten seats in less than a month — and that means crossing your fingers that your kid gets assigned a...
NYC parent group derides school district leader's lottery admission plan as 'DOE Powerball'
The no-confidence vote, along with a resolution against McGuire’s decision, has sharply split parents in the district.
Harvard students schooling 'Professor de Blasio' over NYC admission exams, anti-police anger
In his new role as a visiting teaching fellow at Harvard, Bill de Blasio was blasted by a male Hispanic student from Queens who ripped his attempt to end magnet...
NYC schools chancellor should apologize for 'painful' comments on kids: education panelists
Schools Chancellor David Banks said students working "really hard" should have better odds than kids "you got to throw water on their face to get them to go to school."
Give your customers what they want, NYC schools — or see more of us parents flee
Chancellor Banks got it right when he reopened the door for screened admissions. He has to seal the deal and tell his superintendents.
NYU's firing of this professor should frighten every American
Every American should be worried because this kind of standard-lowering is becoming commonplace in medical school.
Big oops! Northeastern law school sends thousands of acceptance emails
Over 200 current applicants to Northeastern University School of Law mistakenly received acceptance letters earlier this week.
City moves away from de Blasio's unfair high-school-admission scheme — but not far enough
Kudos to Schools Chancellor David Banks for telling kids and parents: “We do believe in high standards.” Good grades and hard work will matter again under the city’s new high...
NYC changes controversial high school admissions process
Schools Chancellor David Banks introduced the new policy, in which the top 15% of students in each school and citywide — with an average GPA of 90 or above —...
David Banks' huge homework fail on city's high-school admissions disaster
Parents across New York City are furious at the results of this year’s high-school-admissions lottery, which saw many teens denied all 12 of their top choices.