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Congratulations Monday, July 13, 2026, year 16 as we celebrate 250 years of America
Pathways in Technology Early College High School Rashid Ferrod Davis #PTECH #WeArePTECH @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @NYSEDNews @ChalkbeatNY @madinatoure @SusanBEdelman
P-TECH to P-TEACH and now it is time for P-LEAD
It is time for me to help build the leaders to fight the status quo and make this high school, college, and industry collaboration more of a reality for the students who need it the most. @XQAmerica @RusslynnAli
@PublicSchoolRev Public School Review Rankings
Based on Math and Reading Proficiency School Year 2025-2026
Best New York Vocational Public Schools (2026)
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Best Crown Heights Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/81iCK84cwP
New York City Geographic District #17
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P-TECH Timeline: 6-Year Total Path
P-TECH students follow a continuous 6-year model that integrates high school and college coursework.
National Timeline: 10-Year Total Path
National data for STEM degree completion uses a much longer tracking period that begins only after a student has already finished high school.
•Total Duration: National benchmarks are measured six years after high school graduation.
•Cumulative Time: When including the four years of high school, the national timeline represents a ten-year total path from the start of 9th grade
Sunday, July 12, 2026 @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech #ptech #weareptech @PublicSchoolRev @NYCSchools @NYSEDNews @GovKathyHochul @NYCMayor @DOEChancellor
@PublicSchoolRev Public School Review Rankings
Based on Math and Reading Proficiency School Year 2025-2026
Best New York Vocational Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/VDs5NXWh4u
Best Crown Heights Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/81iCK84cwP
New York City Geographic District #17
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Sunday, July 12, 2026 @NYCSchools can provide all families better choices beyond a high school diploma #PTECH #WeArePTECH @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @DOEChancellor @NYSEDNews @EricDinowitzNYC @RitaJosephNYC @NYCMayor @ShelleyBMayer @GovKathyHochul @StanLitow @SUNYChancellor @ChancellorCUNY @PublicSchoolRev @LuminaFound @EdTrustNY @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA
P-TECH and Stuyvesant High School https://t.co/gpI8NSWTC5
@rashidfdavis I wrote this in 2021 as I process the recent headline "Just 3 Blacks admitted to Stuyvesant" #ptech #weareptech
Check out my latest article: P-TECH-9 Chancellors of NYC 2010-2026 https://t.co/YQhSzhEDbn via @LinkedIn @rashidfdavis @madinatoure @SusanBEdelman #ptech #weareptech @BklynEagle
Good Morning Saturday, July 11, 2026 - while NYC Public Schools plays musical chairs with the position of Chancellor....... #PTECH #WeArePTECH @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor @NSClearinghouse @LuminaFound @NYSEDNews @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA @EricDinowitzNYC @RitaJosephNYC @NYCComptroller @NYCCouncil
When we designed and launched P-TECH on the Paul Robeson Campus back in September 2011, we set out to build an institutional structure that would explicitly shatter systemic cycles of poverty. Leadership at the top of urban public school systems is notoriously subject to political churn—in fact, NYCPS has seen 9 different Chancellors since our model was first announced in 2010. Yet, despite constant administrative shift, our structural innovation of an unscreened, grades 9–14 academic pipeline has proven to be fully bulletproof against bureaucratic instability. We didn’t build a program dependent on a specific administration; we engineered a brand-new model that fundamentally reimagines time, resources, and institutional integration to reliably transition students from high school directly into high-growth STEM careers.
The numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center highlight exactly how broken the traditional baseline is, and how powerfully our model disrupts it. Nationally, the traditional timeline measures STEM college degree completion six years after high school graduation, yielding heartbreakingly low outcomes for underrepresented populations: just 14.4% for urban schools, 10.9% for high-minority schools, and a devastating 8.1% for high-poverty schools. Look at our P-TECH Brooklyn 4th cohort data by comparison: within just two years of finishing 12th grade (Grades 13 & 14), our unscreened students achieved a 26% STEM degree completion rate. By meeting our young people where they are and stripping away the artificial barriers of college transition, we are comfortably outperforming the national six-year average of even the wealthiest low-poverty schools (22.4%) in a fraction of the time. This isn't a mere statistical anomaly—it is empirical proof that if you structurally align high school, higher education, and industry, you can change generations.
Founding & Launch Timeline Pathways in Technology Early College High School Rashid Ferrod Davis #PTECH #WeArePTECH @ra@rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @CUNY @CUNYUA_District @citytechcuny @IBM @NYSEDNews @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA @PublicSchoolRev
September 27, 2010: P-TECH is officially announced.
December 9, 2010: A reception is held with the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) and IBM to advise IBM, the DOE, and CUNY on developing the joint-venture 9-14 public school model emphasizing STEM subjects.
Council of School Supervisors & Administrators IBM
The City University of New York
September 2011: P-TECH opens on the Paul Robeson Campus (150 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213) with a School Improvement Grant (SIG). It is co-located with the Academy for Health Careers and Paul Robeson High School (which is later phased out in Summer 2014).
July 9, 2026: The program celebrates its 15th Anniversary milestone, marking a legacy of expanding IBM's P-TECH model globally under Founding Principal Rashid Ferrod Davis. Assistant Principal Harold Israel in charge of summer school that includes Summer Rising, Summer Bridge for the incoming class of 2030, IBM internships, and City Tech, CUNY college classes.
Current Rankings & Accolades (School Year 2025-2026)
According to the Public School Review evaluation (based on combined math and reading proficiency test scores), P-TECH holds the following top distinctions:
#1 Vocational Public School in New York
#1 Public School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
#1 School in NYC Geographic District 17
Best New York Vocational Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/VDs5NXWh4u
Best Crown Heights Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/81iCK84cwP
New York City Geographic District #17
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Panel: NYC public school grads not starting college prepared
| April 23, 2009, 5:23pm EDT By Philissa Cramer @ChalkbeatNY @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech #ptech #weareptech #tbt #thursdaythrowback
https://t.co/RCw8iuwXJC
The Refusal to Accept Mediocrity (2009) In April 2009, while I was principal of the Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA), I sat on a panel titled "NYC public school grads not starting college prepared". I made my position clear: "I don’t recognize a local diploma". To me, that diploma represented a lack of rigor that failed our students. At BETA, we fought this by requiring students to retake Regents exams until they scored a 75 or higher—the only score that truly signaled college readiness. While we saw high graduation rates, I noted then that we still didn't know if those students would survive their first semester of college.
A Decade of Disruption: Cultivating Equity, Continuity, and College Completion in America’s Largest School System
#ptech #weareptech @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @NYSEDNews @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA @nycgov @NYCComptroller @NYCCouncil @EricDinowitzNYC @RitaJosephNYC
When I look back to September 27, 2010, when Pathways in Technology Early College High School P-TECH was first announced, we knew we were designing something radically disruptive: a paradigm shift that reimagined high school by structurally embedding Grades 13 and 14 into the fabric of public education.
As a member of the design team and the founding principal, Rashid Ferrod Davis our mission was to anchor this new STEM model of postsecondary persistence and college completion right here on the Paul Robeson Campus in Crown Heights—a community where poverty statistics rose from 68.9% in the 2014–15 school year to 80.2% by 2024–25.
Navigating the largest public school system in the nation meant ensuring that our instructional program remained an unshakeable bridge to STEM careers for our students, even as our enrollment grew from 438 to 530 students. We weren't just building a school; we were creating a scalable framework to beat the odds of systemic inequity.
The true test of our model’s resilience has been maintaining absolute continuity of excellence across shifting political and administrative tides. Since that initial 2010 announcement, I have steered P-TECH through the leadership of nine different New York City Schools Chancellors. While the leadership at the top transitioned time and again, our commitment to full implementation never wavered, tracking our Grades 13 and 14 cohorts systematically from their inception in 2015–16 all the way through the 2025–26 school year.
@PublicSchoolRev Public School Review Rankings
Based on Math and Reading Proficiency School Year 2025-2026
Best New York Vocational Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/VDs5NXWh4u
Best Crown Heights Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/81iCK84cwP
New York City Geographic District #17
https://t.co/vqvlZ4qwxx
https://t.co/Ki0uxRBbax
@rashidfdavis @Morehouse Class of 1992 @FordhamGSE Class of 2003 Member of the design team and founding principal of @PathwaysInTech and P-TECH is now replicated in 17 states and 28 countries
#ptech #weareptech #july4th #america250
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@rashidfdavis @Morehouse Class of 1992 @FordhamGSE Class of 2003 Member of the design team and founding principal of @PathwaysInTech and P-TECH is now replicated in 17 states and 28 countries
#ptech #weareptech @PublicSchoolRev @NYCSchools @NewVisionsNYC @CUNYUA_District @CahnFellowship @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA
@PublicSchoolRev Public School Review Rankings
Based on Math and Reading Proficiency School Year 2025-2026
Best New York Vocational Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/VDs5NXWh4u
Best Crown Heights Public Schools (2026)
https://t.co/81iCK84cwP
New York City Geographic District #17
https://t.co/vqvlZ4qwxx
#july4th #america250 #ptech #weareptech @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA @NYSEDNews @CUNY @CUNYUA_District @citytechcuny @IBM @NewVisionsNYC
P-TECH Brooklyn operates on a unique academic structure that extends beyond the traditional four years of high school to include Grades 13 and 14. I am a member of the design team and founding principal of this model which focuses on STEM education and enables students to earn both a high school diploma and an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree from CUNY's New York City College of Technology (City Tech) and then have first in-line job opportunities with IBM. P-TECH is replicated in 17 states and 28 countries.
Congratulations July 1, 2026, Pathways in Technology Early College High School Rashid Ferrod Davis #PTECH #WeArePTECH @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @NYCSchools @NYSEDNews @BlackCaucusCSA @CSABKLYN @FollowCSA @PublicSchoolRev
Reflections at the Dawn of Year 16: The P-TECH Journey
Today, July 1, 2026, marks two incredible milestones for me: the beginning of Year 16 at P-TECH Brooklyn, and my 31st year as an educator.
Looking at this collage of our journey brings a profound sense of gratitude and pride. On the left, I see a younger version of myself in front of the Paul Robeson School for Business and Technology building back in September 2011, when the New York Daily News covered our launch. The headline read: “2 for the price of of 1! P-Tech offering associate’s degree in 6-year program.”
Back then, critics and onlookers viewed us as a bold, perhaps overly ambitious experiment. We were rewriting the rules of secondary and post-secondary education, creating a seamless pathway from high school to an associate degree and a career, with no cost to our families.
On the right, the data from Public School Review for the 2025–2026 school year speaks for itself. What started as a single, revolutionary model in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has earned the ultimate validation:
#1 Vocational Public School in New York
#1 Public School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
#1 School in NYC Geographic District 17
From a Blueprint to a Global Movement
When we sat down as a design team to conceptualize the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), we knew the stakes were high. We wanted to reinvent high school through STEM education, bridging the gap between underserved youth and the high-tech workforce.
To see that IBM's P-TECH model has now expanded globally—replicated across 16 states and 28 countries—is breathtaking. A model born in Brooklyn to serve our local community is now transforming lives from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond. We proved that when you high-expect students, provide them with rigorous academic and corporate mentorship, and clear the financial hurdles, they don't just succeed—they lead.
Looking Ahead
As I enter my 31st year in education, my commitment to our students remains unshaken. The accolades and rankings are a beautiful testament to the hard work of our staff, our corporate partners, our families, and most importantly, our resilient students. But our work is never truly finished.
We will continue to innovate, to break down systemic barriers, and to show the world what happens when you give young people a clear pathway to their own brilliant futures.
Here’s to Year 16, and to every student who walked through our doors ready to change the world.
Reinventing high school through STEM education isn't just about building careers; it's about building equity, community, and global leaders.
#ptech #weareptech @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech #innovation #education #onthisday #otd
Fifteen years. It is hard to find the words to completely capture what it feels like to look at that simple welcome message from May 31, 2011, and realize how far this "radical dream" has traveled.
When we clicked "publish" all those years ago, we weren't just launching a new school website—we were stepping into the absolute unknown. We were asking the community, our very first incoming class, and their families to take a massive leap of faith with us on an unproven grade 9–14 public school model. We didn't have rankings, historic data, or a global footprint to point to. We just had a bold blueprint, a fierce commitment to equity, and an incredible partnership between public education, City Tech, CUNY, and IBM.
Seeing Kiambu Gall’s face alongside his Associate in Applied Science degree from New York City College of Technology brings it all back. Kiambu, and every student in that trailblazing first cohort, proved that when you eliminate systemic barriers and offer a seamless, free pathway from high school straight into a tech career, our young people don't just succeed—they soar.
From a Brooklyn Blueprint to a Global Movement
What started as a single, disruptive school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has grown into a defining global educational movement. Reflecting on our journey from day one to today:
The Original Vision: Seamlessly blending a high school diploma, a free AAS college degree, and a direct pipeline to competitive tech careers.
Locally Rooted Excellence: To see our founding school recognized as the #1 Vocational Public School in New York and the #1 Public School in Crown Heights (School Year 2025-2026) is a testament to the enduring dedication of our staff, students, and partners.
A Borderless Model: That original Brooklyn blueprint has now broken geographic boundaries, replicated across 16 states and 28 countries.
Gratitude to the Village
An innovation of this scale is never the work of one person. As a member of the design team and the founding principal, my heart is full of gratitude for:
Our Students and Families: Who trusted us with their futures when P-TECH was just an idea on paper.
Our Educators and Staff: Who worked tirelessly to reinvent what high school could—and should—look like.
Our Partners at City Tech and IBM: Who proved that public-private partnerships can authentically close the opportunity gap.
We set out to reinvent high school through STEM education and challenge the status quo.
Fifteen years later, the blueprint is no longer an experiment—it is a proven, global reality.
Congratulations #ootd #OnThisDay May 17, 1992, I graduated from Morehouse College Rashid Ferrod Davis Pathways in Technology Early College High School #PTECH #WeArePTECH @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @Morehouse @Morehouse_NAA
A Full-Circle Journey of Purpose and Leadership
By Rashid Ferrod Davis, Morehouse College Class of 1992
Thirty-four years ago today, on May 17, 1992, I stood on the historic campus of Morehouse College. Draped in the Class of ’92 kente cloth, flanked by family, mentors, and the collective hope of ancestors, I looked out at a world waiting to be shaped. Morehouse did more than grant me a degree; it instilled a permanent directive: to lead a life of consequence, to uplift the community, and to use education as a lever for systemic equity.
When I left Atlanta for New York, I brought that mandate with me.
From a Vision to a Global Movement
Looking at the milestones that followed, the arc of this journey feels both humbling and profound:
The Blueprint: As a member of the original design team and the Founding Principal of Pathways in Technology Early College High School P-TECH Brooklyn, we set out to radically dismantle the barriers separating high school, higher education, and industry. We believed that if you gave young people in our communities rigorous STEM education, direct pathways to college degrees, and corporate mentorship, they wouldn't just succeed—they would lead.
The Impact: Today, that single, audacious experiment in Brooklyn has scaled into a global revolution. IBM's P-TECH model has expanded across 16 states and 28 countries, fundamentally rewriting the narrative of what public school students can achieve worldwide.
The Validation: To see P-TECH Brooklyn recognized for the 2025–2026 school year by Public School Review as the #1 Vocational Public School in New York, the #1 Public School in Crown Heights, and the #1 School in NYC Geographic District 17 is a powerful affirmation. It proves that excellence is not an accident; it is the result of intention, structure, and belief.
A Legacy Evaluated by Outcomes
When Fordham University-Fordham Graduate School of Education honored me with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, it was a deeply meaningful milestone. But a true lifetime achievement isn't a plaque that sits on a wall—it is the living legacy of the thousands of students who have walked through the doors of P-TECH, earned their degrees, broken generational cycles, and stepped into high-wage STEM careers.
May 17, 1992, to May 17, 2026.
Thirty-four years of walking the path. The hair is a bit grayer, the smile is just as wide, and the mission remains exactly the same: reinventing education, empowering the community, and ensuring that brilliance everywhere gets the opportunity it deserves.
The work continues.
@PathwaysInTech P-TECH's First STEM College Graduates June 2, 2015 #ptech #weareptech #education #innovation
@dialloshabazz at Pathways in Technology Early College High School 15th Anniversary Celebration March 30, 2026, Civic Hall #ptech #weareptech @rashidfdavis
P-TECH Alliance Launches at 15th Anniversary of Historic Brooklyn School
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"More students are waiting for schools that inspire and empower them, and they can’t wait for months or years. Look at what all students can achieve with this opportunity.”
— Founding P-TECH Principal Rashid Ferrod Davis
The P-TECH model creates a clear pathway from school to college to career and has spread across 16 states and 28 countries with over 600 schools, serving 150,000 students. Its success is measured by high graduation rates, college credit accumulation, and career placement.
At the gathering, a new national nonprofit will be launched: the P-TECH Alliance, which will increase the number of P-TECH students and schools and provide technical assistance and support to new and existing partnerships. Congratulations @dialloshabazz @StanLitow @tinakelley
Check out my latest article: P-TECH Brooklyn & Tax Day, April 15, 2026 https://t.co/i8R0o1iCTo via @LinkedIn @rashidfdavis #taxday #ptech #weareptech
Happy 15th Anniversary @PathwaysInTech @rashidfdavis #ptech #weareptech #happybirthday #stemeducation #innovation
@WSaundersMusic @rashidfdavis @PathwaysInTech @BklynCollege411 #ptech #weareptech @ncatsuaggies #education #counseling #hbcu
Congratulations North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University proud Aggie-our Pathways in Technology Early College High School Will Saunders on your upcoming Brooklyn College commencement for the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP): the Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) in School Counseling.
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