NYC nixes plan for AI-themed high school after woke backlash to merit-based admissions policy
NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels withdrew a proposal to open a STEM high school in lower Manhattan focusing on AI amid fierce opposition over its "screened" or selective admissions policy.
The city’s AI school has been terminated. Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels pulled the plug on a Manhattan high school focused on artificial intelligence after backlash from woke activists who claime… [+4620 chars]