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Ben Le; Kristin E. Black; Coleen Carlson; Jeremy Miciak; Lindsay Romano; David Francis; Michael J. Kieffer – Grantee Submission, 2024
This brief analyzes 4-year graduation rates among students ever classified as English learners (ever-ELs) and those never classified as English learners (never-ELs) at the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood income. We follow two cohorts of New York City students who entered ninth grade in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (N =…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Graduation Rate, English Language Learners, Race
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Ben Le; Kristin E. Black; Coleen Carlson; Jeremy Miciak; Lindsay Romano; David Francis; Michael J. Kieffer – Educational Researcher, 2024
This brief analyzes 4-year graduation rates among students ever classified as English learners (ever-ELs) and those never classified as English learners (never-ELs) at the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood income. We follow two cohorts of New York City students who entered ninth grade in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (N =…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Graduation Rate, English Language Learners, Race
Faulk, Preston; Kim, Juli; Gilmore, David – Public Impact, 2021
Thinking about college provokes a mix of excitement and angst for high school students. For many, applying to and attending college are a normal rite of passage. But for many students in the U.S., particularly from low-income backgrounds, the idea of getting into college feels daunting and foreign. In 1997, Dave Borgal founded Bottom Line to help…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
Sharp, Naomi – Center for an Urban Future, 2021
This report is the latest in a series of studies by the Center for an Urban Future focused on building a more inclusive economy in New York. It is informed by interviews with over 50 experts in college persistence and basic needs access--including staff at community-based organizations (CBOs), faculty and administrators at the City University of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Low Income Students, Costs, Student Characteristics
Litow, Stanley S.; Kelley, Tina – Teachers College Press, 2021
"Breaking Barriers" shows how to redesign high schools so that all students can move on to college and successful careers. In a negation of the American Dream, a child's zip code is currently a far better predictor of success than hard work, intelligence, or resilience. This book tells the story of a school model that focuses on equity…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Riccio, James; Miller, Cynthia – MDRC, 2016
This report summarizes the findings of a long-term evaluation of Opportunity NYC--Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty. Family Rewards was the first comprehensive CCT program in a developed country. Launched in 2007 by New York City's Center for…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Welfare Services, Poverty Programs, Low Income Groups