NYC Public schools science competition finalists fell 75% under Bloom-Klein

[Hannah Bell]

Schools down shocking 75% in sci competition
By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter

Only 14 city public high-school seniors were named semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search this year -- a dizzying plunge of 75 percent since 1998.

The all-time low is part of a troubling trend over the last seven years, when the average number of city public-school kids named to the semifinals of the so-called "Junior Nobel Prize" fell to 20.4 --out of 300 named nationally.

By comparison, the public schools here yielded an average of 46.3 semifinalists between 1998 and 2004.

"I think it purely came down to a matter of resources, both in terms of human beings and money," said former Bryant HS Principal Chris Pellettieri. "When came and we started to look at facing penalties as a school for kids' not graduating on time or passing certain tests, you had to reallocate your resources to a different area."

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[notesdev]

1. What likely happened

is that anyone with a brain left NYC when Bloomberg became mayor.

[Fumesucker]

2. But I bet the quality of the projects that are submitted is simply sublime.

What do you want, quality or quantity?

[PVnRT]

3. IT'S THE DAMNED TEACHERS' UNIONS!!1!!!1z