The Baltimore City Schools System recently released average high school GPA scores for the first three quarters of the past school year.
The numbers are shocking!
You read that right.
Over 40% of Baltimore’s 20,500 public high school students averaged a D grade or lower.
Of course, covid’s “learning disruptions” have had an impact, but…
Pre-covid, 24% of the students were averaging a GPA below 1.0, so covid disruptions only get about half the blame.
The school board says that it is providing students with a variety of opportunities to acquire the “unfinished learning” they lost.
But, few students are taking advantage of the learning opportunities.
Nonetheless, the schools’ policy is that no student will be held back for failing classes.
All will progress to the next grade level.
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Jovani Patterson ran for Baltimore City Council President last year on a platform that included accountability in education.
He lost!
Stating the obvious, Patterson now says:
This is just further perpetuating a cycle of poverty, of despair.
If almost half of our kids are failing, what options do they have after high school?
Our schools outspend 97% of other major school districts but we don’t see much change.
City leaders don’t care at all.
Everyone should be speaking out about this.
But, they aren’t….
The Homa Files 
August 12, 2021 at 9:10 am |
Outstanding call out. Baltimore is not alone . . .