The P-TECH educational model that I mentioned earlier is also becoming widespread because of public-private partnerships.

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We partnered with the New York City Department of Education, the City University of New York, and the New York College of Technology to create P-TECH in New York.

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Now at schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York Public Schools and City University of New York and IBM, students will graduate with a high-school diploma and an associate's degree in computers or engineering.

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