If you happen to live in Baltimore and are looking for something else to be incensed about apart from the rampant crime and government corruption, look no further than the public schools. The kids are back in class for the semester, or at least some of them are, and a public activist group has conducted a review of the latest round of state standardized testing. Across the city, 13 schools (that’s 40% of the schools) failed to produce a single student who tested as “proficient” in math. And most of the others didn’t produce many. This has resulted in some understandable outrage, with one public education activist telling Fox Baltimore that the city is witnessing a case of “educational homicide.” And there are parents showing up at school board meetings and calling for heads to roll. (Daily Mail)Read More
13 Baltimore schools have zero students pass math proficiency exam
