Roughly 300 students walked out of Beacon on Monday to protest its high-stakes admissions process, which they said has exacerbated segregation in the nation’s largest school system.

Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, Beacon High seniors will individually walk across the stage on the high school's football field to the tune of "Pomp and ...

Beacon High School Principal Ruth Lacey gives students her blessing to stage sit-ins and walk-outs against inherent advantages at the Hell’s Kitchen school, where nearly half the kids are white.