David Banks is New York’s schools chancellor. His fiancée will soon to be overseeing day-to-day operations at City Hall. His brother is quarterbacking the city's anti-crime efforts. errollouis reports on Banks's big goals and powerful family connections
“I’ve heard that term being used,” David Banks told me. “But listen, we all work very closely together, and we’re all doing the best that we can on behalf of New York. We love New York, just like you do.”Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Entrance to the most competitive high schools is, by state law, determined by a strict ranking of scores on the SHSAT, a standardized multiple-choice test. The use of the test — which does not include a writing sample or other measures of ability — has long been controversial. Beyond that, other well-regarded middle and high schools don’t require the SHSAT but use screening methods like face-to-face interviews and assessments of a student’s academic records.
“I heard across the city from a wide range of folks who have different thoughts and ideas and opinions about this thing,” Banks told me. “These folks have been really upset; they said, ‘My daughter gets a 99, but you mean to tell me somebody with an 82 can get in just as easily as she can? What’s the incentive for her to work hard if everybody’s going to be thrown into just this large lottery pool?’ So I put in an incentive and said I believe in merit. I absolutely do.
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