80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read

Certainly explains mess NYC is in.

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/07/officials-80-percent-of-recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

·  Whoever wrote this piece needs to re-learn basic proofreading and spelling skills. "Emersion" is not a word, but "immersion" is. Likewise "group" has a typo in it "grouip" and "nervous" is misspelled as "nervus". Poor form to make such mistakes in an article critical of student learning.

·         Wanna bet both the writer and the editor probably 'graduated' from NYC schools.

o    Welcome to government schools. I bet they know how to put condoms on bananas though.

__._,_.___ Most NYC High School Grads Need Remedial Help Before Entering CUNY Community Colleges

Basic Skills Like Reading, Writing And Math Need To Be Re-Learned

March 7, 2013 10:55 PM

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s an education bombshell.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

When they graduated from city high schools, students in a special remedial program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College couldn’t make the grade.

They had to re-learn basic skills — reading, writing and math — first before they could begin college courses.

They are part of a disturbing statistic.

Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work.

In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.