Baltimore parent demands action after 23 schools report no math proficiency: 'Systematically failing' | Fox News
By: Bailee Hill (Fox News)
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Baltimore test scores indicate shocking math shortfalls
Baltimore parent Davida Allen joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss her concern surrounding the lack of proficiency and what she is doing to help her son in the classroom.
Baltimore parents are speaking out against the city's public school system after it was revealed that 23 schools reported no students were proficient in math.
Davida Allen, who has a first-grader in the city's public school system, demanded action from politicians after she found out about the shocking discovery from the media.
"I think it's about holding our administrators accountable," Allen told Dana Perino on Monday. "You have to be vocal. You have to be involved. You have to question. You have to challenge, and I think that when we look at our CEO, and we're seeing how much money she's making, we're still seeing that our students are not thriving, you're starting to question where the funds are being allocated."
"Where are things going wrong? How come there's not enough early intervention? And when you see other counties thriving, why is it that counties such as Montgomery County, Howard County, those counties are able to thrive, but why is Baltimore City systematically failing continuously year over year?" she questioned.
Allen said she and her husband were made aware of the failing math proficiency after watching a story on the news, shortly after Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced education would be a top priority for his administration earlier this month.
"The state just needs to strategically use its assets and resources to unlock its potential," Moore said on Feb. 1. "That starts with education. We can no longer separate our vision for economic prosperity from the duty to make Maryland's public schools the best in the nation. These two things are inextricably linked."
Allen explained she has been concerned about her son's "language immersion school," worrying other subjects would fall by the wayside as English remained the central focus.
They are now looking at placing their son in a private school in hopes of reversing the trend, but this isn't the first time the Baltimore school system has let their family down.
"This is the second time that we're actually let down, because even with our older son for high school, he just, he wasn't doing the work," Allen said. "So I actually had requested for him to be held back, and the response I got was that, socially, they were concerned about the ramifications."
"I said, 'Yeah, but you're promoting him, and he hasn't done the work. He doesn't deserve it.' I don't even understand how he was able to graduate high school, to be honest," she continued.
Maryland State Department of Education's 2022 state test results indicated the bombshell findings that no students, across the 23 schools, were proficient in math.
It comprised data from a variety of schools at various levels.
FOX Business host Charles Payne, who later joined 'America's Newsroom,' Monday, went as far as to suggest the alarming findings further reiterate the need for school choice, to ensure children from all walks of life can have access to quality education.
He called the racial achievement gap between Black kids and others a "crime against humanity."
"Honestly, I believe the only way Black kids right now can succeed in America is through charter schools and private schools and maybe Catholic schools," Payne said Monday. "They cannot in the current public school system right now. There's no way Black people can survive, and it's a crime against humanity."
"It's so sad that there's still we vote for the same people who have very little opinions of us intellectually, and so we enter into a foul stand deal," he continued.
Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital. Story ideas can be sent to bailee.hill@fox.com
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But I'm sure "anti-racism" is emphasized.
The Baltimore school system couldn't produce a student proficient in math?
As of 2021: " Baltimore public schools spend more than $17,000 in taxpayer funds per student."
://www.foxnews.com/us/how-much-do-baltimore-taxpayers-spend-per-student
Public schools are failing.
Sure, they may be math incompetent but they may also be very woke.
Looks like Being woke prevents being smart
“…Being woke…”
….can we acknowledge that nowadays using ‘woke’ is akin to using ‘nigger’? Both are meant to demean, both are prejudicial, and neither furthers a constructive conversation.
Own it…or rather…disown it.
blame whoever came up with "woke" but I like that it has backfired
You think "Woke" is racist?
Then go look up the words "Deplorables"; "Nazis"; "Fascists", and "MAGA". Democrats seem to have a nasty habit of redefining words and using them against their opponents. I believe there have been several articles recently on News Talkers that tried to claim that Republicans are all Fascists.
Looks like Republicans have to redefine a couple of more words to catch up.
c an we acknowledge that nowadays using ‘woke’ is akin to using ‘nigger’?
Rich, progressive white people are apparently oppressed as Jim Crow era blacks. That they believe that to be true doesn't surprise me at all.
This is what "woke" looks like.
Now, because of CHATgpt the general ignorance of students is going to soar. Although methods can be used to detect if CHATgpt has been used to write a student essay, it isn't perfect and new clones of CHATgpt are being developed so it's going to be awful hard to keep up detecting if AI has been used instead of a student's own creative brain power. A suggestion I saw recently was that students should be tested by attending a verbal questioning where they would have no opportunity to use AI. In the movie 'Finding Forrester' the English professor who did not believe that a student was capable of writing what he did required him to write an essay sitting across from him in his office.
Education (or the lack thereof) begins with parents.
If a parent has a high school diploma, then the parent should be monitoring and mentoring their child(ren)'s education.
Teachers should never be in a situation where they are dealing with potential violent situations caused by dysfunctional parents and/or their dysfunctional offspring.
Throwing more money at this issue may make a few people's wallets fatter but does nothing to address the problem that some children should not be in a mainstream classroom for everyone's safety and sanity.
Interesting discussion at Reddit with teachers/students sharing their classroom experiences.
Teachers should absolutely be paid more, but they can only do so much, They have no control over these turds once they leave the classroom. The PARENTS need to play a much larger role in their kids education. If kids are failing, almost 100% certainty their parents are to blame, not the teachers.
And that is not to say there aren't bad teachers, of course there are, but the vast majority are dedicated to and love their jobs and students. The problem lies with too many students in the classroom (imagine having to oversee 30+ of those little mother fuckers for 6 hours a day 5 days a week) and parents expecting ALL the learning to be happening at school.
Here is a question for anyone logged on:
Does the Baltimore public school sytem celebrate Valentine's Day in any way?
"Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60,000 for public school teachers."
They've done such a good job/ S
[deleted] until you have tried to guide/controll 30+ teens or small children your opinion means less [deleted]
"Rep. Massie introduces bill to abolish the Department of Education."
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/rep-massie-introduces-bill-abolish-department-education?utm_source=sf&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twjs
IMO most education/behavioral problems start at home.