By Jadelyn Camey

In late September, I attended a press conference at which schools Chancellor David Banks announced changes to the middle and high school admissions process. The headline was that students whose grades place them in the top 15% of their 7th grade class — or the top 15% citywide — will now receive priority access to about 100 “screened” public high schools. Questions have risen about how this new policy will impact student diversity in the city’s already segregated schools. To break down the news and make sense of the nation’s most complex public school admissions process, I spoke to Chalkbeat New York reporter Alex Zimmerman.

To learn more about this issue, check out Chalkbeat’s recent reporting.

NYC overhauls high school admissions, leaves middle school changes up in air Sept. 29, 2022

NYC schools chief criticized for saying some kids deserve top schools more than others Oct. 13, 2022

New NYC high school admissions rules could slow pandemic-era diversity gains Oct. 14, 2022

Applying to NYC high school? Here’s what you need to know. Oct. 20, 2022

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