Posted on 12/22/2020 5:27:21 PM PST by Rummyfan
Before the name change only 14% of the students could read, today after the name change less then 7% can read. So much for that hope.
It would be laughable if it were not practically criminal, and the children being... left behind.
It is criminal
The left looks at feelings for solutions, naming the school Barack Obama Elementary is all that was needed, see that would solve all the problems. It would give hope to the teachers and students of the school. It would be magic, it would make everyone feel good...
A real board of ed and a real education leader would have said “hey, 7% can read here, how can they learn math, science, social studies, etc, if only 7% can read? I am going to implement a 100% reading and writing campaign for this school year, the only subject being taught this year is reading and writing. I will remove staff who are not up to this task and hire every reading specialist I can get my hands on. At 36K per student, I can hire 1 for every 5 kids. We are going to focus on reading and language skills this school year. We will have a fully stocked library, librarians and reading list. I want to see 99% pass at the end of the year.”
Could you imagine if we had real leadership in our public schools? A real principal, a real superintendent, who can get what needed to be done, done?
Renaming a school didn’t make a single kid smarter, but it certainly made them all dumber because everyone believed that was the solution to the problem.
Rockefeller Center tree, rink, restaurant on the rink; FAO Schwarz; Macy's.
Last time there was very familiar.
Friend reports from NYC today are dismal. Empty streets, boarded shops, thugs everywhere.
What a shame.
Used to be a time when I thought NYer had so much balls that no one would have dared to pull 1/10th of this crap off. Now I realize it was really the mob that were the only ones with balls. Time to bring the Mafia back to NY, and Chicago.
It’s their behinds that are being left out.
Your Christmas Present: Our Political Leaders Are Killing Off New York City
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Allow me to correct that: Our political leaders are killing off the USA. Some are doing so with malice while others are doing so through sheer IGNORANCE.
It’s OVER folks, so brace yourselves for major pain and suffering. Oh, and have a Merry Christmas!
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