tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post4966121335931866423..comments2024-03-29T06:21:22.494-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: NY Times: Cuomo Is Wrong To Say New York Schools Are In Crisis, Teachers Are To Blamereality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-14706164867194683922015-01-25T17:24:26.980-05:002015-01-25T17:24:26.980-05:00NY state’s high school graduates"... ability-...<br />NY state’s high school graduates"... ability-to-function-in-a-modern-economy rate among graduates hovers at a dismal 37 percent.<br />That is, according to the state Department of Education, only 37 of every 100 students who entered high school in 2009, and stayed long enough to graduate, learned enough by last June to do college-level academic work — or to enter the workforce in any meaningful way.<br />And in New York City, the ratio was one in four.<br />So let’s cut to the chase: If 75 percent of New York high-school seniors get diplomas, but only 37 percent are academically or economically functional, just what’s required to earn that diploma in the first place?<br />Bipedalism and a pulse, it would appear. But where’s the outrage?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-43398870131792185802015-01-24T09:06:01.087-05:002015-01-24T09:06:01.087-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.com