Report on New York City School District: “A Rotting Apple: Education Redlining in New York City”
Schott Foundation report April 2012
The New York City public school system is the largest in the country, with responsibility for educating more than 1 million children.
The ability of the New York City public schools to meet that responsibility holds national significance. The high national profile of the city’s education reforms in recent years, and the much-echoed calls for replication in other cities, offer strong evidence of this.
Unfortunately, the city’s public school system is failing to meet its responsibilities for most of its students — particularly for Black and Latino students, and for students from low-income families. While New York will claim increases in graduation rates, yet less than 18 percent of black and brown students are proficient in reading on the National Assessment test and over two-thirds of those who graduate must pay thousands of dollars in higher
The New York City public school system is the largest in the country, with responsibility for educating more than 1 million children.
The ability of the New York City public schools to meet that responsibility holds national significance. The high national profile of the city’s education reforms in recent years, and the much-echoed calls for replication in other cities, offer strong evidence of this.
Unfortunately, the city’s public school system is failing to meet its responsibilities for most of its students — particularly for Black and Latino students, and for students from low-income families. While New York will claim increases in graduation rates, yet less than 18 percent of black and brown students are proficient in reading on the National Assessment test and over two-thirds of those who graduate must pay thousands of dollars in higher