P-TECH-STEM College Graduates Through Covid19 (2020-2022) Has Been Identified As 1 of 178 High Schools in NYC To Receive A Mandated Math Curriculum

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Chancellor David C. Banks made a bold announcement yesterday, May 9, 2023, around literacy and math for the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE). NYCDOE is the largest public school system in the USA and is home to an innovative model that is now being replicated in 14 states and 28 countries. But let's get to the data above. In the first graphic from a New York State meeting December 14, 2010, college completion data was shared from students who start 9th grade in a public school in the state of New York. The data shows that of every 100 9th graders, 19 receive a two-year degree in three years or a four-year degree in six years. There are no student demographics for the 19 but it would be great for the public to know how that 19 reflects ethnicity and gender.

When you look at the data from the Research Alliance for New York City Schools a report by Kristin Black and Vanessa Coca June 2017 the data from New York City shows an increase in completion of college with a slightly different time frame. The data shows that 25 of 100 New York City 9th graders completed a college degree ten years after starting 9th grade. When you dig into the data you learn that the college degree statement includes two-year and four year-degrees. However, we are still missing the intersection of ethnicity and gender in the 25 degrees earned. What would the value add be to New York City and New York State if a school with majority Black students and majority Black teachers could show that between 19 and 25 two-year degrees could earned in grades 12, 13, and 14?

Pathways?in Technology Early College?High School?(P-TECH)?is two months from completing 12 years of operation with students.?As the founding?principal, I am extremely proud.??What started as an idea in 2010, has now been replicated in 14 states of the United States of America (USA) and 28 countries beyond the USA. Seven of the fourteen states have produced?P-TECH?college graduates. Those seven states are Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, and Texas. The grades 9-14 model is a public/private partnership that includes high school, college, and industry. Our college partner is the City University of New York’s (CUNY) New York City College of Technology (NYCCT-City Tech), and IBM is the industry partner. Our industry partner has lead the way for other companies who also changed 4-year degree requirements in this skill-based job market. The following?seven companies?are no longer requiring a 4-year degree:?IBM, Accenture, Okta, Dell, Bank of America, Google, and Delta Airlines.

P-TECH?has some unique history.?P-TECH?is the only New York school mentioned in a President of the United States of America State of the Union Address. Additionally, P-TECH is the only New York school to have the first elected?Black President?of the United States of America visit the school after having mentioned it in the State of the Union Address. The building 150 Albany Avenue should have a special designation by the New York Historical Society.

The above graphic from the?National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCR)?shows six-year college completion data by school type for any STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) field for those who enrolled in college 2015. If you looked only at the STEM degrees in Computer Sciences, the percentages are lower. If you looked at the percentages above thru the intersections of gender and ethnicity the outcomes are almost nonexistent. I am the founding principal of the first grades 9-14 model who helped with the school design and specifically designed the day-to-day operations and I get to offer a comparison of STEM college completion six years after 9th grade. There is tremendous value add when you can show members of historically marginalized or underrepresented communities in STEM earning STEM degrees early and on-time at higher percentages than traditional populations.

The two-year degrees earned 2020-2022 were earned through COVID19 Disruptions. Those disruptions included full remote learning spring and summer 2020, and various combinations through spring 2022.

The data shows that there is an 24% gap between all 4-year August high school Pathways in Technology Early College High School?(P-TECH)?graduates at 27% and for those?P-TECH?graduates who were college ready, passed a college course and said yes to remaining to pursue the degree which is 51%. If you solely focused on the 27% of?STEMAAS?completion for all 4-year August high school graduates in comparison to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data mentioned above, you can see that there is a value add and a great return on investment.?P-TECH?degrees were earned within two years of 12th grade rather than six years after 12th grade as shown by NSCR.?The NSCR shows?that for high poverty schools only 8% earned any STEM degree, low-income schools 9%, high-minority schools 11% and urban schools 14%.

P-TECH has produced STEM college graduates 2015-2022 without a mandated curriculum. P-TECH produces STEM college graduates by providing students with a strong math foundation that is essential for success in STEM fields. It is important to remind NYCDOE that there are no transparent data portals which shows college completion results for P-TECH's grades 13 and 14. Our sixth cohort that produced 25 two-year degrees through COVID19 disruptions show that we do not need a mandated curriculum. I would also argue that NYCDOE should be using our work with New York City College of Technology (City Tech) as a learning lab. City Tech is also one of the colleges that Mayor Adams is a graduate. New York City should not be too big to care and learn from its innovation that is now in 14 states and 28 countries.