New York City's middle schools will implement a city-approved curriculum for reading and math, mandated by Mayor Eric Adams. Starting this September, 102 schools will adopt a new reading program, expanding on an elementary literacy initiative from two years ago. Additionally, 84 schools will join the existing math curriculum requirement, involving just over 100 schools overall. While the aim is to enhance student proficiency rates, which are currently under 50% for reading, critics point out these reforms may take years to show results.
"We can't continue to do the same things that we have been always doing and expecting to get better results," Adams said during a press conference at Brooklyn's Dock Street School for STEAM Studies.
Proponents of the curriculum overhaul contend that it can take years for the changes to bear fruit, likely leaving it up to Adams' successor to see the effort through.
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