English Learners Left Behind - Gotham Gazette by Larry Tung
In a city where more than 170 languages are spoken and over a third of residents are foreign-born, scores of New York public school students struggle to learn English. They are known as English-language learners (ELLs), students who speak a language other than English at home and score [...]

Uninterrupted Climb since the Start of Mayoral Control; Drop-out Rate Declines
City’s Gains Outpace the Rest of New York State’s
Black and Hispanic Students Narrow the Gap with White and Asian Peers
            Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced that New York City’s four-year high school graduation rate continues to push upward, [...]

Statewide high school graduation results reported by school districts and released today show that:

Statewide, almost 69 percent of the students who started 9th grade in 2003 had graduated after 4 years, byJune 2007. This is almost 3 percentage points higher than for students two years before.
For the first time, the State Education Department is able to [...]