New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday he will change the admissions policy at the city’s elite specialized high schools by setting aside 20% of ninth-grade seats for low-income students who just miss the test-score cutoff, starting in fall 2019. The mayor said this would help diversify the schools, which have long been filled with predominantly white or Asian students. He has faced pressure for years to find ways to better integrate the eight high schools that admit students based on a single exam, the Specialized...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 02, 2018 20:27 UTC