The stressful process of getting into New York City’s public middle schools is facing a test as parents debate how to overhaul admissions and promote integration. Brooklyn’s District 15 offers an instructive case study. Ten of the district’s 11 middle schools screen applicants by grades, test scores, attendance or other factors. That has led to disparities by income and race. About 70% of the white students in grades six through eight, for example, clustered at three high-performing schools last year, by state data.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 10, 2018 19:41 UTC