m******r
发帖数: 6963 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: manpower (cool), 信区: Military
标 题: Parents, alumni slam proposal to change admissions for NYC specialized high schools
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 5 00:42:50 2018, 美东)
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/06/05/nyc-parents-alumni-asian-american-groups-slam-bill-de-blasio-push-to-scrap-shsat
Asian-American groups gathered at a meeting in Sunset Park on Monday accused
Mayor Bill de Blasio of discrimination for proposing to change the
admissions process at the city's eight elite public high schools to make
them more diverse.
"He never had this problem when Stuyvesant [High School] was all white. He
never had this problem when Stuyvesant was all Jewish," said Kenneth Chiu of
the New York City Asian-American Democratic Club. "All of a sudden, they
see one too many Chinese and they say, 'Hey, it isn't right.'"
Over the weekend, de Blasio stepped up his push to increase the number of
black and Hispanic students in elite schools like Stuyvesant and Brooklyn
Tech, saying admission should no longer be based on a single exam, the
Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT).
But Asian students say his proposal would end up denying them admission.
Asian students make up about 16 percent of the school system, but about 52
percent of those accepted to the eight schools. At Stuyvesant, three out of
four students are Asian.
"For new immigrants, the test something that is a leveling factor. It's easy
to prepare for, they know about it, they can buy a book or they can buy a
course. But they can make their kids do it," said Chris Kwok of the Chinese-
American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York. "So it's a ladder of
success for them."
The mayor wants the state to enact a law requiring that the top seven
percent of the students at each city middle school be offered a spot at an
elite high school. He said this would boost the number of black and Hispanic
students at the elite schools to 45 percent, from 9 percent. But that would
reduce the number of Asian and white students.
Organizations representing alumni of the elite schools also are mobilizing
to fight de Blasio's proposal.
"I think it's being done as quickly as it is in order to eliminate the
opportunity for stakeholders to weigh in and explain their reservations
about the approach that they're taking," said Larry Cary, the president of
the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation.
State lawmakers have said in the past that they do not want to change the
test. They have listened to alumni interest groups from the schools and have
said that the exam is the fairest way to determine who should be admitted.
The powerful alumni groups from the specialized high schools have
successfully lobbied for decades to keep SHSAT. Some have argued that
opening up admissions at the specialized schools would weaken them. De
Blasio said that argument is un-American.
Speaking to NY1 on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sidestepped whether he backs de
Blasio's plan.
"The mayor raises legitimate concerns," Cuomo said. "I don't know that there
's much of an appetite in Albany now to get into a new bill, a new issue."
How are students reacting?
At Stuyvesant, students said they are divided.
"Students who come from higher class families definitely get to pay for
preparatory classes and they do get a bigger chance to get in," Stuyvesant
High School student Anna Makuyed said.
Other students said the mayor's proposal would lead to less qualified
students gaining admission.
De Blasio and his supporters disagree. They say it's not a question of
unequal ability, but of unequal opportunity.
What is the Specialized High School Admissions Test?
Students in eighth or ninth grade who want to apply to one of the city's
eight specialized high schools — Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn
Latin School, Brooklyn Technical High School, High School for Math, Science
and Engineering at City College, High School for American Studies at Lehman
College, Queens High School for Sciences at York College, Staten Island
Technical High School, and Stuyvesant High School — must take the exam.
The 180-minute test scores potential students based on English Language Arts
and math. Test-takers are then ranked based on their scores for the number
of questions they answer correctly. If admitted, the student is assigned to
a specialized high school based on how he or she ranked the school on the
application, the priority the student assigned to the school, and the seats
available.
Tens of thousands of students apply to the schools every year for 5,000
seats. | w********e
发帖数: 277 | 2 在座多少人当时投的他当市长，多少人次次投猪党，举手然后自抽 | D***I
发帖数: 1957 | 3 自作孽，不过自抽是不可能的
下次还要支持猪党呢
【在 w********e 的大作中提到】
: 在座多少人当时投的他当市长，多少人次次投猪党，举手然后自抽
| u***n
发帖数: 21026 | 4 好市长，华人要支持白思豪
【在 w********e 的大作中提到】
: 在座多少人当时投的他当市长，多少人次次投猪党，举手然后自抽
| l*********o
发帖数: 3091 | 5 活该，叫这些纽约华人当初选民主党。
specialized high schools
accused
【在 m******r 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
: 发信人: manpower (cool), 信区: Military
: 标 题: Parents, alumni slam proposal to change admissions for NYC specialized high schools
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 5 00:42:50 2018, 美东)
: http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/06/05/nyc-parents-alumni-asian-american-groups-slam-bill-de-blasio-push-to-scrap-shsat
: Asian-American groups gathered at a meeting in Sunset Park on Monday accused
: Mayor Bill de Blasio of discrimination for proposing to change the
: admissions process at the city's eight elite public high schools to make
: them more diverse.
: "He never had this problem when Stuyvesant [High School] was all white. He
| h****g
发帖数: 2216 | 6 最搞笑的就是打着vote them out标语得。
这位市长不就是你们选上来的嘛。
【在 l*********o 的大作中提到】
: 活该，叫这些纽约华人当初选民主党。
:
: specialized high schools
: accused
| j*******1
发帖数: 11 | 7 Those Asians who voted Dems: To Hell they were heading. | y*******n
发帖数: 589 | 8 伤害最大的是底层华人，彻底断送向上的机会，搞笑的是，他们是民主党铁票。
specialized high schools
accused
【在 m******r 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
: 发信人: manpower (cool), 信区: Military
: 标 题: Parents, alumni slam proposal to change admissions for NYC specialized high schools
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 5 00:42:50 2018, 美东)
: http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/06/05/nyc-parents-alumni-asian-american-groups-slam-bill-de-blasio-push-to-scrap-shsat
: Asian-American groups gathered at a meeting in Sunset Park on Monday accused
: Mayor Bill de Blasio of discrimination for proposing to change the
: admissions process at the city's eight elite public high schools to make
: them more diverse.
: "He never had this problem when Stuyvesant [High School] was all white. He
| y****8
发帖数: 702 | 9 exactly, 为了点猪党给的狗粮福利断送自己孩子和孙子们的未来，这下好了，就一代
接一代呆chinatown 打餐馆装修工修指甲吧。
【在 y*******n 的大作中提到】
: 伤害最大的是底层华人，彻底断送向上的机会，搞笑的是，他们是民主党铁票。
:
: specialized high schools
: accused
| y*******3
发帖数: 636 | | c**********o
发帖数: 1941 | 11 求仁得仁
当初选了白丝毫，现在就只能忍着了，这种抗议没有一点用处
当然，这事也可以反过来说：选了白斯豪的人，看中的是福利会好，但凡事都有两面性
， 这些人没有料到会影响下一代， 而且这么快。希望他们醒悟得不算晚 | g**w
发帖数: 16 | 12 这个超一流高中几乎清一色老中，俺也看不下去啊，毕竟是公共资源。
这些抗议的家长们心情可以理解，可是政治上是找不到盟友的 | G****1
发帖数: 8414 | | M******k
发帖数: 27573 | 14 the same applies to those who didn't vote
【在 w********e 的大作中提到】
: 在座多少人当时投的他当市长，多少人次次投猪党，举手然后自抽
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