Baltimore City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

[BaileyPark31]

Has the school responded?

 

[Rekkapryde]

Always has and will start at home.

 

[Luke Cage]

All you really got to do is make sure your kids are good reader's. That is fundamental to learning everything else.
Encourage them to read books, read books to them, and with them. Do comics, childrens novels whatever.
The kids that struggled with reading always struggled with everything else. As parent maybe you didn't go to college, maybe you weren't the best at math either. But most of us can read. if you pass that to your kids they can potentially figure eveything else out eventually.
Make it fun too, better to read Harry Potter than the biography of web du bois.

 

[eXodus]

Has the school responded?

I think Dr. Santelises advised for them and folks at North Ave not to...

I took a closer look at the chronic absenteeism data. While 37% of students being chronically absent is high, that data is for ALL students, elementary through middle. That data was from 2016-2017, it’s was 42% as of 2018-2019 (pre-Covid still) and actually 60.8 percent for High School students specifically!



there was a huge gap up in chronic absenteeism from the low 40% to 60% from 2016 to 2017. I hope Covid doesn’t cause another, similar gap up due to students being further disengaged.

 

[Wildhundreds]

All you really got to do is make sure your kids are good reader's. That is fundamental to learning everything else.
Encourage them to read books, read books to them, and with them. Do comics, childrens novels whatever.
The kids that struggled with reading always struggled with everything else. As parent maybe you didn't go to college, maybe you weren't the best at math either. But most of us can read. if you pass that to your kids they can potentially figure eveything else out eventually.
Make it fun too, better to read Harry Potter than the biography of web du bois.

you're 100% correct here.. Reading and comprehension is critical in child development. If you're driving with your kid, and they're reading every sign you pass by, thats a very positive indicator of being on the right path.

 

[Robbie3000]

This shyt makes my blood boil with rage.

And my heart ache with pain. Boy never had a chance. Imagine the thousands of black kids all across the nation who will grow up to be burdens on their community because they were failed by parents, schools and communities.

This kind of shyt should not be happening in a first world country.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Baltimore City School Board members are almost all entirely black Board Commissioners | Baltimore City Public Schools

What's crazy too is that Baltimore City Public School ranks 3rd in student spending in the entire country. They're well funded - https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimo...city-third-in-u-s-for-per-pupil-spending.html

Failures like this can only happen when the student just don't give a fukk.

It's the culture.

 

[Wildhundreds]

It's the culture.

If their outlook on life is bleak, then they'll see no incentive for a education. Especially if the parent isn't pushing them..

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I wonder how many black immigrants attended this school?

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

How tf this even possible breh? I skipped like 3-4 whole months of school during my senior year and I just had to take one after-school remedial class to graduate. Then again, my GPA fluctuated from like 3.5 to 1.9 at any given time due to depression so it's case by case. Still....0.13 cumulative??




When I started failing even a little bit, the only reason my mom didn't beat my ass is because the school was calling the wrong number for 3 months. And when she did find out, all my teachers had to have a school meeting with her.

Its called matriarichal black led societies. Only people that can fix this complete failure is black people. And it starts with the black family.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

All you really got to do is make sure your kids are good reader's. That is fundamental to learning everything else.
Encourage them to read books, read books to them, and with them. Do comics, childrens novels whatever.
The kids that struggled with reading always struggled with everything else. As parent maybe you didn't go to college, maybe you weren't the best at math either. But most of us can read. if you pass that to your kids they can potentially figure eveything else out eventually.
Make it fun too, better to read Harry Potter than the biography of web du bois.

All this takes effort. Something which far too few black people are willing to do with their kids.

 

[eXodus]

If their outlook on life is bleak, then they'll see no incentive for a education. Especially if the parent isn't pushing them..

This. I think the most important component in closing the achievement gap will be somehow fixing young people’s self concepts and how they see themselves in relation to education.. the value that it has and purpose it will serve in their lives. There’s a major disconnect there for a lot of these young people.

coworkers feel I take it too far when I describe it as a sort of existential nihilism but it’s not too far off in my opinion....

 

[eXodus]

It's the culture.

Just finished talking w someone about this. And unfortunately, This is 100% it in this situation.

Word is, lil bro been failing since before high school (no surprise there)

Apparently the mom is the type to focus on her kids looking good but not the shyt that really matters.

Know how to walk, know how to rhyme
Know how to stay fly in the hardest times
But what we don’t know is: that ain’t gonna be enough now .....

 

[North of Death]

If their outlook on life is bleak, then they'll see no incentive for a education. Especially if the parent isn't pushing them..

The parents prefer to stick an Ipad in front of them looking at bullshyt tik tok videos to keep thrm quiet rather than show them one on one attention much less guide there education. Seeing it first hand with nieces and nephews

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

This. I think the most important component in closing the achievement gap will be somehow fixing young people’s self concepts and how they see themselves in relation to education.. the value that it has and purpose it will serve in their lives. There’s a major disconnect there for a lot of these young people.

coworkers feel I take it too far when I describe it as a sort of existential nihilism but it’s not too far off in my opinion....

boom

education has no value to young brehs