NYC Public Schools Gifted Programs Targeted by Segregation Lawsuit
- Suit claims city builds racial separation into public schools
- Appeals court allows claims; Stuyvesant, Bronx Science come up
The gifted and talented programs have been a flashpoint in the city’s reckoning with equality.
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A lawsuit accusing New York City of entrenching racial segregation in the country’s largest public school system will move ahead, with top schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science in the spotlight.
The issue is back in play after a panel of state appellate judges on Thursday rejected much of a lower court’s decision dismissing the lawsuit.