Three New York City Area High Schools

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This paper explains that Stuyvesant High School is an honor's program school located in downtown Manhattan, Columbus High School is an "inner-city" school located in the north-east side of the Bronx and North Valley Stream High School is a wealthier suburban school in Nassau County, Long Island New York. The author points out that Stuyvesant School is similar to one of the oldest public schools in the country Boston Latin in terms of population, test scores, neighborhood and number of students who go on to higher education (94%); both require admission testing, are considered a school for intellectually gifted children and have no special education facilities. The paper deduces that money, parental encouragement and class-consciousness can over come some lack of motivation and lack of academic talent, which are the greatest predictors of a successful high school career. Many charts and tables.

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"The difference in the number of Reagents diplomas issued between Stuyvesant and Columbus High School's is significantly high. Stuyvesant High has a 98 percent average of Reagents diploma ratio whereas Columbus has a 13.5 percent average. What this tells us is although this is a highly ethnicized inner city school with little money and fewer teachers per student, that 13% of the students were able to achieve diplomas with honors despite negative peer pressure, and other situations. Despite all the drawbacks at Columbus High School, they had a higher ratio of honor's graduates than similar schools although a lower ratio of honors for schools in the area."

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