Advocates on both sides of one of New York City’s most fraught education issues—whether the admissions test for elite public high schools should be shelved—are scrambling to make their case to lawmakers in the last days of Albany’s legislative session
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants lawmakers to pass a measure ending the admissions test. Some exam supporters worry that bill might become part of last-minute horse-trading, even though it hasn’t made much headway this year.
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