Amazing! According to the article the teachers say the standardized tests are too difficult for these children. They are not taking into account that these kids live in poverty. Over 80 percent qualify for free lunches.
Basically the teachers are saying the kids are too dumb to pass and they refuse to be held accountable.
Also the school district is paying to send these children to churches and other organizations so they will have supervision at least part of the day.
Truly...it’s a very sad, sick way of life that is developing in this country.
Not too dumb really. Just raised by willfully ignorant entitlement minded parents who teach them to be the same. It's the only thing about which I actually agree with the teachers unions.
“Basically the teachers are saying the kids are too dumb to pass and they refuse to be held accountable.”
They are more right than wrong. The great educational experiment that began in the 50s has failed. Failure was covered up for years, but NCLB and similar testing schemes revealed the truth.
Could perfect teachers do better? Probably a little. But also probably, not much.
The results in CPS and elsewhere are (mostly) not the teachers fault.