The Math & Science Exploratory School MS 447 in Brooklyn plans to change their name because of lowered admission standards as their students performed poorly on their math tests.
nypost.com
Student math scores at The Math & Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn have tanked 26% since 2018.
The system’s “solution”?
Change the name to The Exploratory School.
That’s right: District 15’s Community Education Council unanimously voted to eliminate MS 447’s STEM-focused moniker, rather than address the reasons
why it was failing at its mission.
Because the drop was a direct result of the CEC’s 2018 decision, engineered by the de Blasio administration, to
scrap selective middle-school admissions across the district in the name of “equity.”
So a school that once served higher-achievers suddenly faced admission by lottery, and a large influx of kids unprepared for more challenging work.