Originally Posted by Bostonian
http://educationnext.org/exam-schools-from-the-inside/
Exam Schools from the Inside
By Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Jessica Hockett
Education Next
FALL 2012 / VOL. 12, NO. 4

Stuyvesant. Boston Latin. Bronx Science. Thomas Jefferson. Lowell. Illinois Math and Science Academy. These are some of the highest-achieving high schools in the United States.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/another-nobel-for-bronx-science-this-one-in-chemistry/
Another Nobel for Bronx Science, This One in Chemistry
By ANDY NEWMAN
New York Times
October 10, 2012

The Bronx High School of Science has churned out slightly more than its share of Nobel Prize winners in physics over the years: seven, going back to 1972, more than any high school in the country.

But the public school had never been able to boast a Nobel in chemistry until today, when Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, class of ’59 and a professor at Duke University‘s medical center, was one of two American scientists awarded the prize for their work figuring out how the human body’s cells respond to external signals — for example, speeding the heart when danger approaches.