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Asian students biggest losers in new high school admission system: DOE data
Of the 12,082 Asians applying for freshman seats in city schools in the fall, only 8,484 -- or 70 percent -- secured one of their top 5 picks.
Parents, students rally against new NYC high school admission policies
Organized by the local group Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum Education, the families demanded that the DOE reinstate rigorous admissions criteria to high schools across the five boroughs.
De Blasio's HS-admission stinkbomb could destroy NYC's public-school system
High-achievers of all backgrounds are asking: “What’s the point of striving for all As and perfect attendance?"
Against all odds: Parents uncover major glitch in NYC school lottery system
A Manhattan mom discovered an embarrassing glitch in the city Department of Education lottery system used to match students with middle and high schools.
Parents set to flee NYC high schools as chief Banks leaves entry to ‘lottery’
Schools Chancellor David Banks has decided not to change the high school admissions process for next year — angering those who call it a glorified lottery.
NYC admissions changes will boost black, Hispanic enrollment at top schools by 13 percent
The NYC Department of Education's new approach enlarges the grade range for kids placed in the top application tier.
Critics argue new city high school admissions policies will harm Asian applicants
Critics believe that controversial admission changes at NYC's competitive high schools will disproportionately harm Asian kids, not diversify education.
John F. Kennedy’s Harvard entrance essay resurfaces online 87 years later
The 35th president of the US graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in government in 1940 from Harvard, but you wouldn't know it from his college application essay.
Schools Chancellor-to-be David Banks continues to offer good sense on what NYC schools need
After eight years of NYC chancellors appeasing the system's vested interests and playing divisive race-baiting games, David Banks' focus on what's actually best for students is a welcome relief.
New NYC schools boss doesn't plan to 'beat everyone over the head with race'
Incoming city schools chief David Banks isn’t going to be “the chancellor who is going to beat everybody over the head with race,” but will prioritize greater curricular diversity, he...
NYC DOE scraps plan to end geographic priorities for high school admissions
Ending months of uncertainty and parental angst, the Department of Education has officially scrapped a plan to end geographic priorities for admissions to high schools.
New city education chief floats more elite schools with different admissions criteria
The eight existing campuses, widely considered the city's top academic bastions, currently use a single exam to determine entry.
DOE assigns top Manhattan students to troubled schools — and now parents want out
Top performing Manhattan middle schoolers were assigned to struggling high schools next year due to controversial admissions changes aimed at increasing diversity -- and now some angry parents are scrambling...
Confusion reigns as NYC DOE bungles middle school admission notifications
The Department of Education launched city parents into yet another tailspin Thursday after mistakenly posting some middle school admission offers online, before abruptly removing them. Recipients said they were surprised...
Carranza's deputy calls decisions on school admissions criteria 'political'
A top deputy of schools Chancellor Richard Carranza stunned parents last week when she said decisions on admission criteria for the city’s top middle and high schools are “political.” “Anything...
University of California admitted students based on donor links, audit finds
42 candidates got into UC Berkeley based off their links to donors and staff, according to the audit, which scrutinized admissions practices at Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC...
Department of Education defunds key program at top city high school
The Department of Education is defunding a program at a top city high school that allows students to earn credits at Queens College during their senior year, The Post has...
Student claims AP exams are discriminatory
A New Jersey high school student has filed complaints with the United States Department of Justice and Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights claiming that the accommodations the College...
Admission exam scores canceled after cheating scandal at NYC private school
Eighth-graders at a pricey Upper West Side private school had their scores on a high school admission exam canceled after a top official was accused of giving some students answers,...
Richard Carranza's message to NYC kids: Working hard is for suckers
Parents across the city are rightly worried that schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s junking of letter grades for K-8 students will upend this year’s admissions for selective middle and high schools....