Reports:
Our Children Can't Wait
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New York City's Middle-Grade Schools: Platforms for Success or Pathways to Failure?
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Did You Know?
- Most students in NYC don't graduate from high school ready for college and the world of work
- Only 38% of NYC high school students graduate in four years with a Regents diploma, which is essential for most 4-year colleges
- It is worse for students of color. 27% of Latino students and 29% of African-American students, compared to 59% of white students, graduate in four years with a Regents diploma
- Less than half of NYC 8th graders can read, write, and do math at the state standard. In East Brooklyn, Harlem, and the South Bronx, fewer than 1 in 4 students can read and write on state standard.
- There is an enormous achievement gap based on income. In middle grade schools that serve the most students in poverty, only 29% of students meet state standards in reading and writing, compared to 74% of students in schools that server the highest-income students. This is a gap of 45 points.