This morning, Betsy Gotbaum and advocates released a report on New York City’s high school graduation and discharge trends from 2000-2007, the first such comprehensive analysis since 2002. The report’s findings demonstrate that New York City’s high school discharge system remains a loosely regulated accounting loophole that can be used to artificially increase the graduation rate by excluding at-risk students who leave school without diplomas. Read more.
Picture above: Kim Sweet (Advocates for Children), Dianne Morales (The Door), Jennifer Jennings (co-author/Columbia University), Leonie Hamison (co-author/ Class Size Matters) and Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.
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