Today in New York City, many nine-year-old children are growing up in low-income communities and are already three grade levels behind their higher-income peers.
In fact, 58% of 4th graders are functionally illiterate, and half will not graduate from high school.
Those who do graduate will, on average, read and perform math at the level of eighth graders from other communities.
You can change the course of these children’s lives by joining City Year New York. As a tutor and mentor, you will work in high-need neighborhoods, where you will become a powerful role model to youth and help create solutions for community problems.
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