CityLimits.org: The Problem with NYC High School Admissions

CityLimits.org: The Problem with NYC High School Admissions

This new article by Gail Robinson at CityLimits.org describes some of the challenges of high school admissions in NYC, with a focus on specialized high schools and other high schools with screened admissions methods. She cites some of our prior work on high school choice in NYC (here and here).

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Choice or Chance? American Graduate on PBS

Choice or Chance? American Graduate on PBS

Along with Vanderbilt economist Ron Zimmer, I talk about the benefits (and costs!) of public school choice on the PBS series American Graduate. This episode is entitled Choice or Chance? and is produced by Nashville Public Television. (Send in your pledge now, or NPT will replace "Downton Abbey" with more of me talking...)

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