Almost six years after a lawsuit forced the city to pledge to keep better track of students who leave public schools without graduating, the number leaving high schools has continued to climb, according to a report to be released Thursday by the public advocate’s office. Full Story »
Posted by Kristin Gorski
An important article on a failing of the NYC public school system which need much closer oversight: early departures of students from the system. The article could be more in-depth, but the reporter does a good job of including many key stakeholder quotations throughout.
One of the most alarming trends, according to the report, is the number of ninth-grade students who are discharged.
Where are these students going? Some families move, some students switch from public to private schools, but what happens to those that don’t?
I hope this NYTimes reporter stays on this topic. If indeed an outside audit of the system reveals any inaccuracies in how these early departures are tracked and reported, it could threaten mayoral control of the city's education system -- a hot-button issue in NYC.