‘Why are we screening children? I don’t get that’: Chancellor Carranza offers harsh critique of NYC school admissions
May 23, 2018
By: Monica Disare
Source: Chalkbeat
New York City’s schools chief expressed a fundamental critique of the school system on Wednesday, arguing that sorting students by ability is “antithetical” to public education.
“I think the very fact that we’re talking about screening is an issue,” Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said at a press conference in the Bronx. “Why are we screening kids in a public school system? That is, to me, antithetical to what I think we all want for our kids.”