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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
August 11, 2008
Contact: Alex Shoor
(212) 669-4691; (202) 669-7059
Gotbaum Responds to Graduation Rates
MANHATTAN –
Following the Mayor's announcement that graduation rates in New York City’s public schools have increased, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum released this statement today:
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum said, “The Department of Education, teachers, administrators and most of all students deserve credit for the 2.4 percent gain in graduation rates. We have finally surpassed the 50 percent mark, but nearly 50 percent of students still don’t graduate on time. While black and Hispanic students made gains, fewer than half graduate on time; the city still lags behind the state; and English Language Learners are graduating at lower rates than they did just three years ago.”
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