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| | Civic Report 26 | State of the New York City Public Schools 2002 |
 | | Seven entire districts (23, 19, 12, 7, 5, 9 and 85) have fewer than 30 percent of students passing the city’s English exam, and fourteen (the seven above plus 17, 13, 8, 4, 6, 10 and 16) have fewer than 30 percent of student passing the city’s Math exam. |
 | | Raymond Domanico is Senior Education Advisor to the Metro NY Industrial Areas Foundation, a network of community organizers who work with parents of public school students on issues of public school improvement. |
 | | First, the actions of the Mayor, the Board of Education and the lawmakers in Albany must be guided by the understanding that the school system simply does not produce enough success. |
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