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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

NYC Community Schools, focused on child poverty, succeed in key metrics, study finds

Here is the link to the Report referenced in The Washington Post article below.

Jan. 28, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. EST
A large-scale program in New York City schools aimed at confronting child poverty succeeded in reducing absenteeism, improving discipline and moving students to the next grade, a large and potentially influential study finds.
The study of the city’s Community Schools program found only scant evidence of improved test scores, a widely used metric of success. That might be because the program is in its early years and possibly because other measures are needed instead of or on top of the services offered already.

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