- In New York City, while graduation rates are increasing, few black and Latino males are graduating "college ready" (only 9 percent of black males and 11 percent of Latino males).
- Attendance and retention in the middle grades, as well as ninth grade "on-track" status are important indicators and present opportunities to support black and Latino male students.
- A substantial portion of students are also lost during transition phases: from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, and high school to college.
- Critical contextual factors affecting students' education trajectories include gender expectations, poverty, being born to foreign-born parents, overrepresentation in special education classes and among those being suspended or expelled, plus underrepresentation in rigorous classes.
- The Expanded Success Initiative can increase college and career readiness among New York City's black and Latino males by: 1) focusing explicitly on college readiness; 2) investing resources in the ninth grade; 3) increasing opportunities for rigorous coursework; 4) cultivating student leadership; 5) forming strategic partnerships; and 6) training staff in culturally responsive education.
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- The Research Alliance for New York City Schools