Brooklyn Tech at center of discrimination lawsuit
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF and The Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College have filed a federal civil rights complaint alleging that Blacks and Latino students are denied admission to New York City elite schools such as Brooklyn Technical High School.
Each year, thousands of eighth and ninth graders compete for the chance to attend the NYC Department of Education’s elite public high schools, known as the “Specialized High Schools.”
These eight prestigious institutions, which include Stuyvesant High School, The Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Tech and others, provide a critical pathway to opportunity for their graduates, many of whom go on to attend the country’s best colleges and universities.