Too Many White Children : NYC to alter disliked Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

The New York Daily News reports :

The city will lengthen and remove unpopular portions of the its infamous Specialized High Schools entrance exam starting this fall, Education Department officials said Wednesday.

The test, which is used to admit students to the city's eight Specialized High Schools, including Brooklyn Technical High School and Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, has remained unchanged for two decades, even though it is disliked by many.

Just 4% of offers at the elite schools went to black students and 6% to Hispanic kids, even though they account for about 70% of the overall student body.

"Unpopular" means not enough minorities....