Shelly Palmer

NYC is launching several specialized tech high schools, backed by Fred Wilson and Bloomberg

New York City

Hidden in last week’s announcement of NY’s broadband expansion program, NY Mayor Bloomberg detailed his plan to soon launch several specialized tech high schools — likely due to the extremely high interest in the upcoming Academy For Software Engineering, which is opening this fall. Bloomberg has been battling non-stop to make NY the premiere tech hub over the past few years, and clearly he’s not slowing down for a second. According to NY Daily News, 800+ kids applied for that school alone (only 100 could be accepted), and so the demand is clearly there.  Read the full story at The Next Web.