Educational Equality for Gifted Students: An Egalitarian Critique of Admission to New York City's Specialized High Schools

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In this paper I discuss the racial disparities in New York City's most selective public high schools and explore how egalitarians should regard them.

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education, elizabeth anderson, john rawls, luck egalitarianism, jonathan kozol, new york city, stuyvesant high school, liberalism, difference principle

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Mazie, Steven. "Educational Equality for Gifted Students: An Egalitarian Critique of Admission to New York City's Specialized High Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, La Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar 08, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p176018_index.html>

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Mazie, S. V. , 2007-03-08 "Educational Equality for Gifted Students: An Egalitarian Critique of Admission to New York City's Specialized High Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, La Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p176018_index.html

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Abstract: In this paper I discuss the racial disparities in New York City's most selective public high schools and explore how egalitarians should regard them.

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Educational Equality for Gifted Students: An Egalitarian Critique of Admission to New York City’s Specialized High Schools Steven V. Mazie Assistant Professor of Political Science Department of Social Sciences Bard High School Early College 525 East Houston Street New York NY 10002 Please address all correspondence to: 341 15th St. #1 Brooklyn NY 11215 smazie@bard.edu Presented for Delivery at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association Las Vegas NV March 8-10 2007 PLEASE DO NOT CITE THIS

Elites are much more likely to understand the needs of underserved communities and to be responsive to them if some of their ranks come from these segments of the population and if they grew to know people from diverse backgrounds in an intimate classroom setting during their formative years. It follows that a multi-faceted admissions policy that is more thoughtful and more nuanced is essential for public institutions like New York City’s specialized high schools. Racial and socioeconomic integration

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