City Year

Have you heard of ... City Year?

City Year, founded in 1988, aims to provide support to schools and students in need of it, often in high-poverty communities.

City Year tries to reach students between third and ninth grade to help them overcome challenges they face at school, and hopefully prevent them from dropping out later.

Studies have shown that students at risk of dropping out of high school can be indicated by three "early warning indicators (poor attendance, disruptive behavior, and course failure in math and English)" (1). Students displaying even one of these by sixth grade have a 75% chance of not graduating, but that drops down to 25% if they reach tenth grade “on track and on time” (1). City Year helps to ensure that that percentage drops down.

Weekly Charity’s not officially working with City Year, but does encourage helping them out.

Okay, now it’s statistic time:

Charity Navigator gives City Year: 4 out of 4 stars

Thanks for reading about City Year! Here’s their website:
https://www.cityyear.org

SOURCES

(1) The website, www.cityyear.org, on the “Our Approach” page (under the “What We Do” folder), retrieved from the url, “https://www.cityyear.org/what-we-do/our-approach” on Sunday, June 26, 2016 (and again on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 for this citation).