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Not One Student at Lebron James I Promise School’s 8th Grade Class Has Passed a State Math Test in 3 Years



Not One Student at Lebron James I Promise School’s 8th Grade Class Has Passed a State Math Test in 3 Years

by OatmealKing93

41 Comments

  1. KDBookerBeal

    > The school has had five different principals since 2018, including one principal who resigned after she reportedly struck a student.

    switching up Principals like Lebron switches up teams

  2. toadtruck

    That’s really disappointing by don’t forget it’s not a normal school: “The goal of the school is to serve as an intervention for the district’s lowest-performing students starting at an early age.”

  3. ThisGuy6266

    Taking my talents to vocational school.

  4. Solid-Confidence-966

    From what the article said it sounds like the students were already behind when coming to the school, and the covid year didn’t help with that.

  5. sewsgup

    half the students in their 6th grade class have disabilities, and you need to be in the bottom 25% of your standardized reading scores to qualify for the lottery to be considered for the school.

  6. CutLonzosHair2017

    If zero kids have passed, that means the classes are not teaching properly. Even in the shittiest of conditions, you can find a handful of students trying to learn.

  7. EvenShaman

    I don’t know about the Ohio School system, but test scores have been pretty extra awful since COVID in California, especially for lower-income minority students, you know, like the ones that the I Promise School serves.

    let’s face it, America’s education system is just dogshit in general. Hop on the Chromebook and good luck not getting addicted to your smartphone, kiddos.

  8. BayesBestFriend

    > The school takes in the district’s most vulnerable students, many of whom have endured significant traumas in their lives or have learning disabilities. The school also lost its founding leader during its third year, and then had three interim principals in a year and a half. The school named a new permanent principal last school year, but she left the district at the end of the year.

    > Liechty-Clifford also noted, when the pandemic hit, I Promise was just a year and a half old, still establishing its culture, while also onboarding 10 new teachers and 120 more students during remote learning.
    At the same time, he said, “I don’t want to use the pandemic as a crutch.”

    Inverse charter school problem.

    Charter schools exclude the worst or most difficult students from attending, therefore they look like they’re way better than average public schools (that have to take everyone).

    This school serves the most troubled and disadvantaged students, and then covid hit, and now it seems like they’re having trouble getting stability in their leadership (shockingly, not a ton of people interested in working with the most disadvantaged students since its way harder).

    Hope they can turn things around, its so tough to help students from these backgrounds because their problems extend farther than just the classroom or immediate family.

  9. oceancools

    * “Two of I Promise’s biggest subgroups of students, Black students and those with disabilities, are now testing in the bottom 5% in the state”

    * “Students are entered into the lottery if they are in the bottom 25% of reading scores in the district”

    * “Students come into the school an average of two years behind, so it’s not surprising that in early years, students wouldn’t be able to make up that much ground in just a year or two”

    Not much to say other then the kids need more time to catch up

  10. No_Stay4471

    I had to check and see if this was the Onion. What am I missing?

    *“This fall’s class of eighth graders at the I Promise School hasn’t had a single student pass the state’s math test since the group was in the third grade.*

    *”Not one? In three years?” Akron Public Schools board member Valerie McKitrick asked after that data point was presented to the board earlier this week.”*

  11. AntSmith777

    I know that I am not supposed to laugh at this but the headline combined with the thumbnail is making me laugh…

  12. dukkha_dukkha_goose

    There’s a reason he doesn’t call it Taco Twosday

  13. DryMusician921

    I mean even if theyre doing a good job, not a single person passing is kind of wild

  14. DrRonny

    Still better than the Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good

  15. Good-Popular

    This is just proving that throwing money at the less fortunate doesn’t help.

  16. truth_2_point_0

    Given what others have said about the circumstances of the school you just have to hope they have an avenue and roadmap in place for getting these kids into the best possible opportunities for stable comfortable lives. Math doesn’t necessarily have to be a top priority for that, although you’d hope they’re at least making an effort where appropriate. Even though specific math topics often have limited practical usage in life, the general mathematical thinking imparted has a big cumulative effect on the development of effective problem-solving and logical reasoning skills, so it’s still worth it to go through.

  17. TallanoGoldDigger

    Lmao the excuses in this thread, just slobbering all over a grown man’s knob.

    If the school is total shit then this is most likely just a brand-enhancing tax deduction.

  18. All this shows is that education is hard, even when you throw money at the problem.

  19. KeOpensDoors1

    Ngl, the way we teach math in America period is terrible. I guarantee if that school taught math how the Soviet Union taught math & how Eastern European countries (who still use that Soviet Union way of teaching math), those students will be killing in math. Wealthy kids literally get Russian math tutors to learn how they do math https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/04/13/russian-math-school

  20. anonymous_lighting

    that’s a shame and i think a key takeaway here, “it’s disappointing given all of the resources we’re putting towards it”

    IT STARTS AT HOME

  21. A-ZAF_Got_Banned

    Hs can’t win with these cats.

  22. Statalyzer

    How many passed?

    Not one, not two, not three, not four….

  23. iHeartArtHoes

    If that was Jordans school they wouldve passed 100%. You cant gamble without knowing your numbers 💯

  24. Sdt6023

    Holy shit. That’s legitimately awful. Not a single student?!?!

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