NYC School Placement System Fails to Prioritize Disadvantaged Students, Audit Finds

NYC school placement system fails to prioritize disadvantaged students, audit finds

A new audit is calling on New York City public schools to do more to ensure certain groups of students, like those who are economically disadvantaged, are prioritized when they are matched to high schools.

NYC High School Admissions Process Leaves Thousands of Low-Income Students Behind, Audit Finds

As many as 7,000 students in shelters or temporary housing may not have received geographic priority for schools near both their current and former homes, as required by city policy, an audit from state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found.