Albany, NY – Critics are skeptical after the state Education Department placed just two New York City schools on a list of persistently dangerous schools.
Kenneth Trump, a Cleveland-based national school safety expert, says the state is sending parents a "very misleading message which creates a false sense of security" about the safety of their child's school.
Six states -- including California -- have reported no persistently dangerous schools. New Jersey reported seven and Texas reported six schools.
In New York, the Street Academy and Lillian C. Rashkis School, both in Brooklyn, were the first New York schools placed on the list that's now required under federal law.
Andrea Rogers of the Foundation for Education Reform said it's clear that the list under-identified schools in which students are confronted with violent or dangerous incidents on a regular basis.