Education
See also: Education in HarlemThe education system in East Harlem is defined by low test scores and high drop-out and truancy rates. Students must pass through metal detectors and swipe ID cards to enter the buildings. Nevertheless, since 1982 the community has been home to the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. It replaced Benjamin Franklin High School, which had the smallest graduating class in the city at the time of its closing.
Among the public charter schools in East Harlem are Success Academy Harlem 2 (of Success Academy Charter Schools), the Harlem Village Academy, and the DREAM Charter School.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“A good education is another name for happiness.”
—Ann Plato (1820–?)
“It’s fairly obvious that American education is a cultural flop. Americans are not a well-educated people culturally, and their vocational education often has to be learned all over again after they leave school and college. On the other hand, they have open quick minds and if their education has little sharp positive value, it has not the stultifying effects of a more rigid training.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)