The Case Against the SHSAT

After Stuyvesant high school admitted only 3 Black students for next year, Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide," argues it's time to end the use of a single test for admission to NYC's specialized high schools. Photo: New York, NY, USA - March 21, 2021: Main entrance to Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Errol Louis argues it's time to end the use of a single test for admission to NYC's specialized high schools.

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