Monthly Archives: June 2021

Questions about the specialized high school admissions process from a specialized high school teacher. Part 2 “Is Stuyvesant a good school?”

Posted on June 23, 2021 by garyrubinstein

Every November around 25,000 8th graders take the SHSAT, the one and only thing that is used to determine which 5,000 students will attend one of the 8 specialized high schools. Why? This is part 2 of a series of … Continue reading →

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Questions about the specialized high school admissions process from a specialized high school teacher. Part 1 “Should specialized high schools exist?”

Posted on June 21, 2021 by garyrubinstein

I teach at Stuyvesant High School. I’ve been there for almost twenty years. It is the fourth school that I taught at. The others were Deady Middle School, Houston 1991-1992, Furr High School, Houston 1992-1995, and Jefferson High School, Denver … Continue reading →

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ASD Holes

Posted on June 15, 2021 by garyrubinstein

I think the secret to happiness is to unfollow Twitter accounts that make you angry. About a year ago I realized this and I unfollowed most of the ‘reformers’ that I followed. This also meant that I would have less … Continue reading →

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