NYC Public Schools Gifted Programs Targeted by Segregation Lawsuit
www.bnnbloomberg.ca

... A lawsuit accusing New York City of entrenching racial segregation in the country's largest public school system will move ahead, with top schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science in the spotlight.

The issue is back in play after a panel of state appellate judges on Thursday rejected much of a lower court's decision dismissing the lawsuit.

In the suit, a group that advocates for racial integration in New York schools claims that city and state policies disproportionately benefit White and Asian-American students by creating a "racialized" admissions pipeline to gifted-and-talented programs, as they're called. Students compete for access to such programs through a process that involves multiple tests and interviews and begins as early as kindergarten.

The group argues that state and city policy denies Black and Latino students their right to a "sound basic education." ...

Brooklyn Technical High School
en.wikipedia.org

... Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is one of the three original specialized high schools operated by the New York City Department of Education, along with Stuyvesant High School and the Bronx High School of Science. Brooklyn Tech is considered one of the country's most prestigious and selective high schools.[3][4] ...

As I look through my yearbook, I see a good assortment of both Blacks and Latinos among the Whites and Asians. Indeed, of those who signed my yearbook, I see both Blacks and Latinos.

So, what changed in the half-century since I attended high school.

One huge thing that I see is that now there seems to be ~tutors~ you can hire (if you can afford them) to ~help~ you pass the entrance exams required to gain entry.

From that WikiPedia article...

... Each November, about 30,000 eighth and ninth graders take the 3-hour test for admittance to eight of the nine specialized high schools. About 1,400 to 1,500 students are admitted [to Brooklyn Tech] each year. ...

The problem I see is not a discrimination based upon race, but a discrimination based upon wealth, i.e., those who can afford those expensive tutors vs those who cannot.

It just looks more like the wealthy trying to keep the non-wealthy uneducated.