NAACP claims discriminatory admission practices at city's elite high schools
Group accuses city of barring black and Latino students from 'best public schools'
Comments (37)BY BEN CHAPMAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012, 11:45 PM
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The NAACP alleges schools like Stuyvesant High School have discriminatory admission practices. Only 1 percent of students at Stuy High are African American.
The NAACP has filed a bombshell complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging discriminatory admission practices at the city’s elite high schools.
In a blistering document delivered to the feds Thursday morning, the NAACP accused the city of barring black and Latino students from eight of its “best public schools,” including Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, where only 1% of students are black. “Black and Latino students don’t see opportunity at places like Stuyvesant because of the admissions process,” said NAACP attorney Rachel Kleinman. “It’s not fair and it’s bad policy.”
The city’s Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is the only method that is used to judge
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