Posted on 09/22/2023 3:29:14 PM PDT by Morgana
A slate of Baltimore schools have sparked outrage after zero students passed their state math exams - with almost 75 percent testing at the lowest possible score.
The poor performances came in the latest round of Maryland's state testing, where 13 high schools in the city - a staggering 40 percent - failed to produce a single student with a 'proficient' score in math.
'This is educational homicide,' said Jason Rodriguez, deputy director of Baltimore-based nonprofit People Empowered by the Struggle, to Fox Baltimore.
The activist said there is 'no excuse' for the failure, which has come after years of warnings over the city's poor education standards.
It also comes days after a scathing new study found that schooling across America fell to dire lows during the pandemic, concluding that one-third of fourth and eighth grade students can't even read at a 'basic' level.
The concerning results, which were first raised by Project Baltimore, also saw 74.5 percent of students in the 13 failing schools score just a one of four on their test - the lowest a person can score.
Some of the city's best-known schools, including Patterson High School, Frederick Douglass, and Reginald F. Lewis, made their way onto the list, while Baltimore City Schools also received $1.6 billion last year from taxpayers.
It was the largest funding the educational authority has ever received, leading to questions over where the money went.
'So, it's not a funding issue. We're getting plenty of funding,' Rodriguez said. 'I don't think money is the issue. I think accountability is the issue.'
Alongside the huge investment from the taxpayers, the school district also received $799 million in Covid relief funding from the federal government.
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Bureaucratic arrogance!
“’So, it’s not a funding issue. We’re getting plenty of funding,’ Rodriguez said. ‘I don’t think money is the issue. I think accountability is the issue.”
It could be competency, too.
Just saying.
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As I recall, Baltimore has the second highest per student spending in the nation. So I guess the answer is that they need more money.
Zero students passed their state math exams, but they can get a condom on a cucumber in under a half second..
What a POS
I think of that all the time on these threads...that little factoid is the main contributor to this mess. Glad you pointed it out...though at a point, it's too obvious to mention in a way...
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