我们来普及一下,纽约市的特殊高中(重点高中)有9所,分别是: The Bronx High School of Science The Brooklyn Latin School Brooklyn Technical High School High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York High School of American Studies at Lehman College Queens High School for the Sciences at York College Staten Island Technical High School Stuyvesant High School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
而特殊高中考试(SHSAT),则可以理解为进入特殊高中的一个录取考试,除了第9所高中,Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School,其余8所高中都需要这个SHSAT考试选拔。只有通过SHSAT考试的学生,才有可能进入到纽约市的特殊高中就读。
但这从另一个侧面也反应了现阶段纽约教育界出现的一个大问题:在同一个班上的不同族裔的学生,即便接受同一个老师同一份教材,他们所取得的成绩差异十分巨大,不同族裔的学生正在接受“不平等”的教育!而改革的目的在于,增加其他“弱势”族裔的入学率,从而增加特殊高中学生族裔的多样性。用纽约市市长的原话就是:”We cannot let this injustice continue. By giving a wider, more diverse pool of our best students an equal shot at admissions, we will make these schools stronger and our City fairer.”