Brian Harrod: DID NOT MAKE THE GRADE: State says that struggling #Yonkers schools made academic progress, but more is needed.

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: Yonkers Public Schools struggling three schools made demonstrable progress in student achievement and other areas in 2018-19, but not as much as had been hoped, Albany officials announced Friday.

FAILING GRADE: The state Education Department listed the #YonkersPublicSchools among 14 "receivership" schools statewide that showed at least minimal improvement during the past academic year.

http://www.nysed.gov/essa

Eight of those schools hit their expected targets fully, while six other schools, including Yonkers, fell somewhat short.

As a result, none of the 14 schools risk being turned over to outside managers known as independent receivers. Instead, all will remain under the control of local district superintendents who, under state law, are authorized to see that the schools continue to progress.

This Could create three new Charter Schools in Yonkers if the Superintendent #EdwinQuezada doesn't get much more improvements for Yonkers families.

Yonkers is the largest K-12 district in #WestchesterCounty, and is also the one of the poorest in terms of family incomes.

The state's chief education policymaker, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa of the #Bronx, acknowledged improvement made in all 14 schools, but added in a prepared statement that "we know that there is still much to be done to ensure that every child has equitable access to a high-quality education."

The Yonkers school was identified as needing extensive improvement in July 2015, under a new state receivership law.

Some of Yonkers' schools had been tagged as struggling many years before that, under a series of other state improvement effort.

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/accountability/documents/2017-18DIStatusPressRelease.pdf

Yonkers was not the only district included on the state's list of receivership schools whose status was updated Friday.

The Yonkers struggling schools Schools are....

#CrossHillAcademy,

#MLKHighTechComputerMagnet

#MuseumSchool25
FLASHBACK: August 22, 2019 In The Yonkers Newswire

#WTF YONKERS: Less Than Half Of Yonkers Public Schools Students Pass the 2019 New York State Reading And Math Tests

THIRD RATE: The 2019 state test scores are out and New York City significantly outperformed #YonkersStudents again

SECOND RATE: In New York City, 47.4% of students scored proficient in reading, compared with 46.7% last year, while 45.6% passed math, compared with 42.7% last year.

YO PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: Here Are Yonkers Public Schools Reading Scores....

Grade 3 ELA 40%

Grade 4 ELA 36%

Grade 5 ELA 24%

Grade 6 ELA 34%

Grade 7 ELA 24%

Grade 8 ELA 32%

Here are Yonkers Public Schools Math Scores.....

Grade 3 Math 42%

Grade 4 Math 38%

Grade 5 Math 32%

Grade 6 Math 38%

Grade 7 Math 31%

Grade 8 Math 26%

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2425992017658362/

We Must Stop Failing Yonkers Children Of Color In #Yonkers.....

PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP: Its Time For #Yonkers Parental Leaders At Cross Hill Academy, MLK Jr High Tech Computer Magnet and Museum School 25 To Take Over The Schools And Use The Tens Of Millions Of Dollars At These Schools To Create Community Run Charter Schools Like The Highly Rated Charter School of Educational Excellence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs6FuRjiQcA