This podcast discusses a small arts high school in the Bronx. It is very interesting to hear about this school due to the fact that they do not have tryouts to be in the school. All kids are welcome and are exposed to the arts that they might not have exposed to before. This school was started because of the dismal graduation rates in other schools. They now have a graduation of 83%, which is wonderful. Along with the principal of this school, I believe that size does matter in graduation rates. The smaller the school the more personal care the students get. The teachers, administration, and students are a very entwined community and each student feels as if they have connections. It is the personalization of small schools that create this atmosphere where students want to graduate. This 83% graduation rate is not always typical of small New York schools. Many of the small schools in New York only have a 50-60% graduation rate compared to the larger schools 40-50% graduation rate. These statistics surprised me because I always have thought of many small schools having much higher graduation rates than that, but the 10-20% difference does mean many more students graduate.
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