Only 8 Black Students Are Admitted to Stuyvesant High School
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools.
Only eight Black students received offers to Stuyvesant High School, considered one of New York City’s most competitive public schools, this year.Credit...Kevin Hagen for The New York Times
April 29, 2021
After a year in which the pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the stark inequities in New York City’s school system, the city announced Thursday that, once again, only tiny numbers of Black and Latino students had been admitted into top public high schools. The numbers represent the latest signal that efforts to desegregate those schools while maintaining an admissions exam are failing.