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New York City Schools Face Deep Crisis Under New Leader
Richard R Green, appointed head of NYC schools, confronts dropout rates near 50 percent, decaying century old buildings, graffiti and vandalism, a 4,000 teacher shortage by 1994, 32 autonomous districts, and bureaucratic delays while praise for high school graduates in Bronx Science Stuyvesant and LaGuardia contrasts with structural woes and funding gaps.
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New York
Mario Cuomo
Richard R. Green
Minneapolis
Green
Bronx Science
Stuyvesant
LaGuardia
Board of Education
Cuomo
Brooklyn
Jefferson High
Robert F. Wagner Jr
Wagner
Edward I. Koch
New York City