Pathways in Technology Early College High School, New York City public high school

P-TECH celebrates its 2018 graduates

By this summer, more than 150 students will have graduated from IBM P-TECH schools in four U.S. cities. The students, who graduate with both their high school diplomas and their associate degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), attended Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy in Chicago; Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA) in Norwalk, Conn.; and Excelsior Academy in Newburgh, N.Y.

Many of the scholars who participated in P-TECH, a grade 9-to-14 education model pioneered by IBM in partnership with educators, have completed the six-year program early — some in under four years — and many will be the first in their family to earn a college degree.