Tell City Leadership: Sustain, Strengthen, and Expand NYC Reads & NYC Solves

With a mayoral election on the horizon, no issue is more urgent than sustaining, strengthening, and expanding NYC Reads. 

Before these initiatives, two-thirds of Black and Latinx students weren’t proficient in reading or math. Classrooms lacked standard instructional materials, leaving many teachers to cobble together lessons from outdated, low-quality resources, and local districts unable to run centralized professional learning. 

New York City, through NYC Reads and NYC Solves, is now reversing those troubling trends. Student proficiency in reading and math is rising. Surveys show educator confidence in the curriculum is growing. These initiatives were demanded by educators, and while they aren’t perfect, they’re on the right track–precisely why leaders must:

• Strengthen them by using educator feedback to improve implementation, with professional learning tailored to diverse student needs.
• Sustain them by securing baseline funding, so progress and funding for students and teachers can’t be taken away on a whim.
• Expand them to all students so every student, in every grade, shares in the gains already underway.

Don’t wait. Tell current and future leaders: NYC Reads and NYC Solves must be strengthened, sustained, and expanded.