New York City’s new schools chancellor on Wednesday questioned the rationale for public schools that screen students by ability, a key element of admissions at many schools in the nation’s largest district. “Why are we screening for admission?” Chancellor Richard Carranza asked at an unrelated press event. We’re a public school system in one of the most diverse cities…in the world. Why are we screening kids in a public school system? That’s, to me, antithetical to what I think we all want for our kids.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 23, 2018 22:41 UTC