On Wednesday, December 11th, 2019, TopSpin New York returned for another amazing event highlighted by.... In addition, the event featured DJ Suga Ray, food from some of NYC's finest restaurants and appearances by Ed Reed, Adam Graves, Dorsey Levens, Jerome Williams, Kate Snow and many others.
40% of New York City high school students do NOT graduate high school.
Only ONE IN FOUR students who enter high school in New York City are ready for college after four years and less than HALF enroll.
In NYC, the two-year attrition rate for teachers is 25% with an 18% of teachers leaving in the first year - while the national rate is only ten percent.
Cutting the dropout rate of a single graduating class in half would likely support as many as 54,000 new jobs and would likely increase the gross domestic product by as much as $9.6 billion.
TopSpin is dedicated to creating new programs and supporting nonprofits that solve the nation's most pressing child education issues.
Harlem Academy is a private school for gifted children from underserved communities. Ability and hard work should be a pathway to success, but for many bright students this promise too often remains out of reach.
Some of our friends who have battled it out in the name of education.