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EDUCATION Challenge About 80% of NYC public school students qualify for a government-subsidized free meal program, which is a proxy for the number of public school students who face poverty, disadvantage, and material hardship. Roughly one in eight NYC public school students experienced homelessness last year. Research tells us that poverty hinders educational attainment, making children vulnerable to repeating the generational cycle of poverty. Children who attend quality Pre-K programs, who perform at grade level on 3rd and 8th grade standardized tests, who graduate high school, and/or who seek post-secondary education or job training are more likely to live lives free of poverty. Only half of 3rd and 8th graders attending NYC public schools are proficient in reading and math. NYC’s public high school graduation rate of 83% lags both state (86%) and national (87%) averages—with Black and Latinx students faring worse, at 80%. And at the City University
of New York (CUNY), where 80% of its first-year students come from the NYC public school system, only 30% of all students earn their degree within four years. Roughly half earn their degree after six years. Response Your support of Robin Hood funds high-quality programs that boost student performance, improve teacher training, and graduate more students prepared for college or competitive job opportunities. Your generosity accelerates learning through after-school tutoring, enhanced literacy efforts, and the integration of computational skills and AI in classrooms. Together, we’re transforming reading instruction, redesigning high-poverty public schools, and increasing retention and graduation rates at CUNY and public community colleges. During 2024, our advocacy efforts helped secure $10 million in the City’s FY25 budget to support CUNY’s Accelerate, Complete, & Engage (ACE) program, initially launched thanks to Robin Hood’s support. The program is boosting college graduation rates for its participants by 40%.
IN 2024
Here’s What You Made Possible
365,000 K-5 STUDENTS at 1,000 schools are participating in NYC
Enabled 29,000 STUDENTS to participate in high-quality post-secondary education programs that are increasing graduation rates by 40% or more.
Launched a comprehensive professional development program that will offer intensive coaching in change management and teacher development to every school superintendent in NYC. We expect to reach 45 who will act as as coaches for 1,500 PRINCIPALS who will train teaching staff on how to improve student performance in math and reading. Early results show that these trainings results in doubling math scores for students and raising reading scores by as much as 25 percentage points. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
GRANTS TOTALED $43.2 MILLION
Reads, the public schools’ new science-based literacy
program. NYC Reads was shaped by early
Only 25% of New York public school graduates will go on to complete college.
investments and expertise provided by Robin Hood.
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