THE URBAN STUDENT AND THE URBAN TEACHER Are the odds stacked against success? Is 60 or 65% four-year High School success (with only 1 out of 5 ready for college) as good as an urban center like New York can accomplish? Are the standards too high? Are the elementaries and junior highs the problem? How can the system hold parents more accountable? What of the urban teacher? Is the task too daunting? Too difficult? Can an urban teacher dedicate 40 years to the urban student? Most of you are urban students and will be urban teachers.
