TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION FALL 2011
Thanks to current 8th-grade parents Rhonda Walker and Sloane Harris, the NYC High School Admission Support Group blog is reactivated!

It is set it up to be as interactive and "real time" as possible. Your comments will be posted daily (well almost daily :-) from now until the applications are due in early December and, thereafter, on a weekly basis.

If you would like to share information related to the following topics, please do so in the comment areas of the posts that follow directly below this list. To start a new topic, please email saramears@mac.com.

TOPICS
• LaGuardia Callbacks
• Which Schools Have To Be Listed 1 or 2 To Have A Chance at Placement?
• NEST+m
• Frank McCourt Interviews
• Share Notes: Millennium
• Share Notes: School of the Future
• Share Notes: Performing Arts Schools
• Share Notes: Manhattan Hunter
• Are Beacon Interviews Pre-Screened for Basic Requirements Met?
• Performing Arts Schools Ranking vs Audition Success?
• What Schools Are You Listing and Why?
• What Lesser-Known Schools Do You Recommend?

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Economic Theory of NYC HS Choice

For those of you who are interested in the theory behind the NYC HS choice process, check out this paper by Harvard University economist who was retained as a consultant to help create the system.

Co-author is Alvin Roth, George Gund Professor of Economics (FAS) and George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration (Business School) Primary Fields of Interest: Game theory as a part of empirical economics, and experimental economic theory. Research Topics: Organization of labor (and other) markets, bargaining, learning in strategic environments.

http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~aroth/papers/nycAEAPP.pdf

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