Superintendent of the failing Chicago school systems is now Education Secretary. He presided over the failing Chicago school system. Note that ZERO’s children attended an expensive private school not the public school.
I am actually shocked that 40% passed on the southside graduated since most parents could care less about the schooling their kids receive in that part of Chicago. I would have put the number at about 15% of parents who care if that.
Even in rural Oklahoma when you have parent conferences, very few parents show up, yet my kid’s went to Norman, OK, public schools and lines were out the door and down the hall for parent conferences which took one evening and one day and still didn’t get to all the teacher’s. But then our schools our highly rated.
Biggest difference IMO is parents who care and work to make school systems better.
If a school cannot be held accountable for student performance then why do they exist?
It’s hopeless.... truly hopeless there.
You’d have to take the kids completely out of their schools, homes and community, put them in civilized environments with civilized people and educate them. Maybe they’d have a chance of success.