Being furloughed without pay through October and most of November was a nightmare for federal workers across the U.S. But for Emma, who lives in Chelsea with her twin eighth-graders (and asked to use ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. For the first time, the ...

New York City's high school admissions involve navigating DOE applications, the SHSAT, and selective programmes. Families must research schools early, attend tours, and use MySchools to rank unlimited ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City students who are looking to gain entrance into New York City’s specialized high schools can now register for the exam, which will be offered digitally for the first ...

Information under this heading includes updates and resources related to the Specialized High Schools admissions process. These are the key dates for students who are applying to high school for Fall ...

As an alum of the Bronx High School of Science, one of New York City’s elite specialized high schools, Zohran Mamdani had advocated ditching the controversial single test that decides admissions to ...

Fewer city specialized high school offers were made to Black and Hispanic students who took the Specialized High School Admissions Test this year, according to data released last week by the city ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Next year’s eighth graders will ...

New York City’s controversial Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) will be digitised under a new five-year, $17 million contract with Pearson. Despite concerns over the test’s role in ...

After 11 p.m. on December 18, the New York City Department of Education’s Panel for Education Policy (PEP) voted to approve the contract for administering the specialized high schools admissions test ...

New York City parents sounded off Wednesday night on the admissions test to specialized high schools — with both proponents and critics saying a decision, either for or against a contract to continue ...

What might have been a pro-forma vote on a contract has revived the fierce debate about admissions and equity at New York City’s most elite high schools. Members of the city’s educational oversight ...