A program meant to help low-income students get into the city’s eight elite high schools marginally boosted the number of offers made to black and Latino teens, as elected officials and education advocates weighed solutions to the lack of diversity at these schools.
As part of Mayor de Blasio’s controversial plan to overhaul admissions at the specialized high schools, the city offered more spots to Discovery program participants at high-poverty schools who scored just below the Specialized High School Admissions Test’s cutoff.
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