Number of black & Latino students admitted to Specialized High Schools is UP! (live, education)
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All were offered seats based on their merits alone, having scored high enough on the SHSAT exam. Congratulations to all.
I attribute the shift (the first since 2007) to some advocacy work being done at the community level. People informing each other of the existence of these schools and telling parents to get their kids studying early.
I encourage ALL NYC residents to prepare their kids for the SHSAT exam as an option because getting an education at one of these 8 schools is FREE and respected nationwide.
This is probably due to the fact that many poor black/hispanics are leaving, and many middle class ones are replacing them.
Or it could also be due to the influx of new hispanics in the 80s/90s. (ecuadorians, colombians, mexicans, dominicans). Many are children to recent immigrants, and just like the carribean blacks and eastern europeans, many value education.
This is probably due to the fact that many poor black/hispanics are leaving, and many middle class ones are replacing them.
I don't think so. I think it is because people found out about the schools and knew they had to prepare for the exam. Actually, in the case of African American/blacks, the reverse of what you've stated above has happened.
This is good news but all the kids from my school ....all...in the last 5 years .....have been kids of immigrant parents,from Africa and Central America.Sometimes it feels like if they don't make it in the first generation it gets immeasurably more difficult because they become too influenced by the prevailing culture which places no value on education.
I don't think so. I think it is because people found out about the schools and knew they had to prepare for the exam. Actually, in the case of African American/blacks, the reverse of what you've stated above has happened.
This is not it.
I can only speak for Brooklyn but I'd bet the vast majority of Black students who made it were of west Indian/Carribean heritage. West Indian/Carribean black folks have a sizable middle class in Brooklyn. They are either self employed in small businesses or work for the City.
If I had to guess, I'd say that if you looked at the immigration patterns the influx of West Indian/Carribean Blacks started sometime in the mid 90's.
That's great. It is posts such as these that keeps race issues alive. You most likely were just making an innocent post, but what does it matter what nationality/race they are. They are doing better as a group of KIDS so just leave it at that.
I don't understand why certain races have to be pointed out. people are people, kids are kids. Not black or latino kids....
I point out race because that change downward was so dramatic and even we who are alumni didn't realize. We started doing advocacy and suddenly the needle moved. Maybe just slightly but it is a cause for us to rejoice. We want every kid in NYC to get a top notch education, and our teams of alums spoke with every parent or child who came to our table at the HS fair regardless of their race.
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