
P-TECH grows, but is it working?
IBM is scaling up the wildly popular P-TECH model,reports Jenny Abamu on EdSurge. But the original Brooklyn school is struggling to raise completion rates. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (more commonly known as P-TECH) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn opened its doors in 2011. The public high school’s claim to fame was its unique model serving grades 9 to 14, offering students associate’s degrees in STEM majors by the time they graduate. Backed by companies like I