Say YES Syracuse
So inspired by meeting Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey yesterday. As the president of the Say YES to Education foundation and life-long education reformer, Schmitt-Carey conceived the city-wide Say YES demonstration project in Syracuse that provides wrap around supports to 21,000 public school students through college completion. From their website: Say Yes is a landmark collaboration that...
Findings and Recommendations: 20/20 Action Plan (Part 2 of 3)
- Below is the second of three excerpts from the “Urgent Appeal to Engage a Generation at Risk” Summary Report and Action Plan. Download the entire document PDF here. TABLE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS The heart of the Forum consisted of thirteen table discussions designed to surface collaborative strategies for education transformation. Facilitated by Frances Hesselbein,...
Big city “graduation rates”
Another reason educational inequity is the greatest injustice of our time: The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of the nation’s biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later amounts to a coin toss — not much better than a 50-50 chance, new research finds. Cross into the suburbs, and the odds improve dramatically....
32% in Baseball is great, but for a student (or a school): Not so much
More alarming news about New York City’s graduation rates. + 32% of black males graduated from NYC’s high schools on schedule in 2006 + 57% of white males graduated on time + Both percentages are unacceptable, but the discrepancy is yet another example of educational inequities + New York City public schools ranked 54th out...
School Satisfaction? Questions about the Survey
Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced the results of the largest ever school satisfaction survey yesterday. More than 800,000 stakeholders, including students, parents, and teachers responded, a remarkable achievement. As the Dept. of Education noted, 800,000 people represents 1 in 10 New Yorkers, and over 200,000 more people than the entire...
