Nearly all of the Community Education Councils across the five boroughs are out of compliance with a state law requiring non-voting high school seniors on their boards, New York City Education Department officials confirmed.

New York: A group of students filed a lawsuit with the objective of eliminating ‘gifted and talented’ programs and the process of admission screening.

The largest public school system in the United States has been accused of perpetuating racism. A group of students in New York City claim that the admission process for students is racist, and favours white students.

A lawsuit filed in New York City is challenging the public school system, with plaintiffs alleging it widened racial inequality through its admissions system.

A group of civil rights lawyers and NYC public school students are suing the city and state over the DOE's admissions process, which they say has resulted in an inequitable education for Black and brown students, starting as early as kindergarten.

The system is “rigged.”

That is the claim made in a new lawsuit by a group of New York City high school students against the city and state to stop Gifted and Talented programs and admissions tests for public schools.

The city is alleged to have denied a basic education to almost a million students.

Fighting to open up New York City’s most elite public academic programs, a group of students and civil rights attorneys paint the existing admissions system as a monument to structural racism.

A group of New York City teens are challenging public school segregation in a new lawsuit against the city and the state.

A group of New York City public school students filed a lawsuit Tuesday charging that the city and state are denying students a “sound basic” education by maintaining segregated schools.

The New York City school system is facing a major new lawsuit, accusing it of maintaining segregated schools with racist admissions practices.

A sweeping new lawsuit charges that foundational pieces of New York City’s public school system — from its admissions policies, to its curriculum, to its teaching force — illegally disadvantage and discriminate against students of color.

Minority students are often denied an opportunity to gain access to more selective programs, from elementary to high school, the lawsuit contends

Students, advocates, and attorneys will announce a legal action focused on racial inequities faced by students in New York City public schools – with Integrate NYC and Sidley Austin LLP.

(Reuters) - A group of New York City students filed a sweeping lawsuit on Tuesday that accuses the United States' largest public school system of perpetuating racism by using a deeply flawed admissions process for selective programs that favors white students.

A group of Big Apple high schoolers is suing the city and the state to eliminate Gifted & Talented programs and admissions screening — arguing they perpetuate systemic racism and reinforce a “caste system,” new court papers show.