For Immediate Release

List of city schools “in need of improvement” grows slightly smaller

Apr 9, 2008 1:13 PM

On April 8 the state issued its list of Schools In Need of Improvement (SINI),which showed that 20 New York City public high schools were removed from the list while 15 were added to it.

UFT President Randi Weingarten responded with the following statement:

“We are continuing the pattern of more New York City public high schools coming off the state list of Schools In Need of Improvement than going on that started a decade ago, and that tells us we’re making gains in our effort to better educate students. Clearly much more work needs to be done. We would advocate once again a Chancellor’s District model.

Accomplishing the task of continuous improvement is being made much more difficult by the city and state education budget cuts targeting our schools now and next fall. Once again, New York City educators are being expected to do more with less, and it’s long past time for it to stop. We hope the city and the state will do the right thing and provide our schools with the resources they need so our children can continue to make academic progress.”