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1199 TRAINING AND UPGRADING FUND, MANHATTAN 2004-2005
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Founded in 1969 to meet the training and educational needs of both workers and employers, the Training and Upgrading Fund serves members of 1199/SEIU, New York’s largest health and human services union. Typical offerings include programs in technical and professional training, workplace skills, and GED and ESL education. The majority of students are Caribbean American, African American, or Latino; the rest are Eastern European or Asian American. All are low-wage workers, and many are mothers returning to school part-time.  |
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JOSEPH P. ADDABBO SCHOOL: P.S. 64, OZONE PARK, QUEENS
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Hailing from 52 countries and speaking twenty-three languages, the students at P. 64 reflect their diverse school district. The school population is sixty percent Latino, twenty percent Asian American, seven percent African American, and thirteen percent white. The majority of students come from working class families, and seventy-nine percent of them qualify for free lunch. |
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THE ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL, MANHATTAN
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The Academy of Environmental Sciences (AES) is a relatively young mini-academy located in East Harlem. The student body is sixty-five percent Latino, twenty percent African American, ten percent East/Southeast Asian American and five percent white. The majority of students come from working class families; many of the parents are underemployed. Readers & Writers works with tenth graders at AES. |
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BUSHWICK HIGH SCHOOL: BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
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Located in the impoverished Bushwick section of Brooklyn, Bushwick High School contends with a dropout rate close to seventy percent and a teenage pregnancy rate higher than the average in Brooklyn. Nearly all the students, who are seventy-five percent Hispanic American, twenty-three percent African American, and two percent Asian American or white, come from low income families; seventy-seven percent are eligible for free lunch. Less than one-third of Bushwick residents have graduated from high school, and just over five percent have completed college. |
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HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, MANHATTAN
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Part of the New Visions program, a privately funded initiative to improve New York City’s public schools, Humanities Prep employs an interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizing the humanities. Teachers use the Socratic method to promote intellectual inquiry and utilize student portfolios as a major component of students’ assessments. To foster a real-life understanding of community and civic responsibility, every student must complete a community action project. |
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ADOLPH OCHS SCHOOL: PS/IS 111
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Named after the legendary founder of the New York Times, Adolph Ochs continues to benefit from the association. The New York Times Company Foundation has expanded the school’s library collection; it has also created teaching partnerships between the school and the American Museum of Natural History, Studio in a School, and the International Center for Photography. Yet, PS IS 111, a school serving pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade, continues to struggle. |
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THE UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION, EAST HARLEM
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Founded as a settlement house in 1895, Union Settlement continues in the tradition of the settlement house movement: it offers educational and social service programs to support, and forge a sense of, the community. In fact, Union Settlement is East Harlem's largest social service organization. Yearly, it serves more than 12,000 people--a tenth of East Harlem's population--who live north of 96th Street and east of 5th Avenue. |
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WEST FARMS CAREER CENTER, THE BRONX
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West Farms Career Center is part of New York’s Phipps Community Development Corporation, a human services agency working to improve the living conditions and educational opportunities of the Bronx’s historically underserved population. West Farms provides a variety of services to help residents enter the workforce, including GED and ESL classes as well job placement. In conjunction with Lehman College, the Center also offers the Bridge to College Program for students who have received, or are about to receive, their GED degrees; the Bridge program prepares the students for the CUNY Skills Assessment Test. |
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