De Blasio needs to focus on the ‘99 percent’ in NYC’s schools
New York education leaders are obsessed with one number: seven. That’s how many black students received an offer to attend Stuyvesant High School this year, based on results of the annual admissions...
View ArticleRichard Carranza slams parents who question admissions changes
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza vowed Wednesday to remake admissions to the city’s specialized high schools to enroll more black and Latino students — and got hearty cheers from nearly every member...
View ArticleUndercover cop ridiculed by students at Bronx Science while acting on tip
The Bronx High School of Science welcomed an unusual visitor to its campus recently — and it wasn’t one of its eight Nobel Prize-winning alumni or a Harvard recruiter. It was an undercover cop, acting...
View ArticleIran’s nuke-deal pullout will backfire and other commentary
From the right: Dems’ Cynical Charges Against Barr Of all the routes to pursue contempt charges against Attorney General William Barr, warns ex-prosecutor Andrew McCarthy at Fox News, House Democrats...
View ArticleJumaane Williams stands tall for real justice in education
For all our disagreements with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, we’ve always seen him as a gifted politician. That makes it all the more impressive that he’s just staked out a principled but...
View Article‘Do as I say, not as I do’ is Bill de Blasio rule for governing
If the Bill de Blasio mayoral reign had a catch phrase, it would be: “Do as I say, not as I do.” A few days ago, the New York Daily News exposed a new detail in the coverup of a traffic accident...
View ArticleCarranza’s lunatic war on ‘toxic whiteness’
We look forward to hearing Mayor Bill de Blasio answer questions on the presidential campaign trail about the city school system’s decision to wage war on “toxic whiteness” — defined in a way that...
View ArticleExploiting kids to push racial division: Team de Blasio’s new low
Just when you think Team de Blasio’s drive to destroy the city’s top high schools couldn’t get any crazier, the Mayor’s Office drops a YouTube agitprop video exploiting kids. The 22-minute clip...
View ArticleDe Blasio’s bogus bid at appeasing Asian-American anger
Mayor de Blasio met Thursday with Asian-American community leaders to try to undo the damage from his yearlong drive to slash by 50 percent the number of Asian kids who win entry into the city’s top...
View ArticleQueens pol pushing bill to save specialized HS exam
Hit the books, Mr. Mayor! A Queens state senator has introduced legislation that repudiates Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial push to scrap New York’s specialized high schools admissions exam....
View ArticleComrie wants more opportunity — Carranza’s just finding jobs for cronies
Kudos to state Sen. Leroy Comrie for coming up with a serious plan to get more black and Hispanic kids into the city’s best high schools: by adding opportunity, not undermining excellence. This is yet...
View ArticleState Senate won’t back de Blasio plan to overhaul high school admissions
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial plan to scrap the single admissions test that determines entry into the city’s specialized high schools is dead this year, a key state senator said Tuesday. “The...
View ArticleStudent busted brazenly cheating during test at elite Bronx high school
David Suker, a teacher proctoring the exam, spotted the brazen teen “texting and looking at his iPhone while taking the exam” and reported it to Department of Education officials.
View ArticleAngry Asian-American protesters swarm Richard Carranza’s car in Brooklyn
The sign-waving demonstrators couldn't see the embattled schools boss through the vehicle's tinted windows — but were able to clearly express their anger over changes to admissions policy at the city's...
View ArticleI was always stoned, drunk and skipping class — so they let me graduate...
An elite Queens high-school accused of rampant grade-fixing graduated a student who never went to class and never completed homework assignments and showed up to classes stoned.
View ArticleBill de Blasio suddenly changes tune on testing for elite high schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio indicated for the first time Wednesday that he’s open to keeping the admissions tests for the city’s elite public high schools, in a major departure from his previous position that...
View ArticleRichard Parsons calls City Hall’s specialized HS plan ‘insulting’
Business titan Richard Parsons called City Hall’s plan to scrap the specialized high school admissions test to boost diversity “insulting” Thursday — arguing that it demeaned black and Hispanic...
View ArticleNYC parents fight glitchy DOE website to enroll kids in school admission test
City parents are in a last-minute frenzy trying to help their kids finish this year’s murky, glitch-prone process of applying for the specialized high school entrance exam. With the crucial exam set to...
View ArticleDe Blasio hasn’t remotely abandoned his war on the city’s top schools
Nearly 30,000 city students will sit for the Specialized High School Admissions Test this weekend and next Wednesday — despite Team de Blasio’s best efforts to the contrary. Not that Mayor Bill de...
View Article‘Fame’ high school gets well-liked pianist to replace ousted principal
The “Fame" high school has a new principal, one who promises to sing a new tune after her embattled predecessor got the boot, The Post has learned.
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