Even at the Bottom, the Menu Is Rich
Had Jorge understood where he was going to school, he would have probably gone elsewhere. Taft is on the state list of failing schools. Of the 550 students who started with Jorge in the ninth grade, just 123 graduated last week. The average verbal SAT is 335, math 382. Daily attendance is 86 percent, well below the city average — despite 10 truancy officers assigned to the school. [New York Times: Education]
This is a nice human interest story with several underlying messages. And a little window into the positive going's on in "failing" schools.
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