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Specialized Schools, Surrounded for Decades by a Legislative Moat

FILE -- The Bronx High School of Science, one of New York City’s specialized high schools, Jan. 11, 2016. In a system where the overwhelming majority of students have no access to advanced science or math classes, no matter how capable they are, the mayor and the new schools chancellor, Richard Carranza, are campaigning in 2018 to change the admission process at specialized schools, the most famous and prestigious in the city. (Yana Paskova/The New York Times)