Baltimore: 41% of high school students earn below 1.0 GPA

[Deuterion]

I guarantee that none of the nikka nerds in this thread who are making excuses for the parents have a child(ren).

Baltimore City Schools are actually one of the most well funded public schools in the nation -

U.S. Census: Six Maryland Schools Among Nation’s Most Funded

Per pupil spending according to 2020 U.S. Census report:

• New York City -------------------- $26,588
• Boston ----------------------------- $24,177
• Atlanta ----------------------------- $16,402
• Montgomery County ------------ $16,005
• Baltimore City -------------------- $15,793
• Howard County (6) -------------- $15,595
• Prince George’s County (8) ----- $15,334
• Baltimore County (15) ---------- $14,122
• Anne Arundel County (17) ----- $13,866

That sounds good but School Tracking makes this not a meaningful statistic. Why? Because schools that are integrated typically have two separate schools in one...they funnel all the Whites and Asians into AP classes and those classes have all the resources. All the Black kids go to the regular classes with the old textbooks, computers, etc.

The practice of separating students according to ability level, also known as academic tracking, allows racially mixed schools to maintain segregated classrooms.

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1104981.pdf

I went to a school like this where my classes were so broke they couldn't even make copies of the homework for us to take home. But the Whites and Asians in AP classes which were effectively segregated from everyone else didnt have that issue.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Damn. nikkas truly lost.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Breh, a 1. 0 means you not even showing up to class

You can put these kids in rich schools and they'd still fail

They actually would be kicked out a rich school


Idk what happened but kids like these used to get kicked out the school all the time for poor attendance and sent to alternative schools

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

This is all facts and I think that this is where we have to start.

YOU WERE GIVEN A BAD HAND, YOU DIDN'T MAKE THIS SITUATION, WHITE SUPREMACY DID AND WHITE SUPREMACY WILL CONTINUOUSLY TRY TO KEEP YOU HERE...NOW LET'S FIX IT.

I feel like coming in with that mind state is necessary...if we don't have an understanding that we are sabotaged then we will be confused once we rebuild and are sabotaged again. We need to understand that they are coming for us and there will never be a point where we can rest.

If you continue to blame white supremacy for all your problems people will no longer take you seriously.

These kids ain't even going to class. They don't even respect the teachers. Those things has nothing to do with white supremacy.

 

[get these nets]

If a school has students failing miserably at this rate that's an indictment on the teachers and their teaching qualities and the district should fire them for allowing/aiding their students to fail without attempts of trying to improve the situation.

A teacher has all year to notice their students not performing well academically and has enough time to fix the problem. Sitting in class supposedly “teaching” while allowing the kids to fail and not do anything about it while you collect a paycheck isn't a part of the agreement between you and the district nor the parents.

It's not always the parents. The parents sent their kids to school because they trusted you to educate their children since you're supposed to be skilled in that profession. It's their job to make sure every child in their classroom is learning and performing well.

Do y'all just love to stereotype Black Parents as everything bad under the sun and make it sound like the kids are just naturally stupid and unteachable? Yeah, I know a lot of you guys despise certain classes of Black Ppl and think and speak negatively about them every chance you get. Pure cac shyt.

You obviously have low standards and expectations.

Most parents with failing children, would try to find what they could do to work WITH teachers and school administration to address the problem. Your first post sidestepped parental responsibility, and passed the baton directly to the teachers.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

It's not the parent's fault. It's the school district(s) fault for not putting in the effort to make a difference in these kids' lives when they enter that school building for the next eight hours.

The majority of (white) teachers are coming from white suburban areas and driving nearly 30-40mins to the inner-city schools just to collect a paycheck (out of town teachers get paid more to teach in the inner city) and don't really care what happens to these kids because they don't have any personal feelings nor interest in connecting with the students.

None of what you saying has nothing to do with a child having a 1.0 GPA. That is the direct result of not coming to school or just walking the halls all day

 

[KidJSoul]

There needs to be an entire culture shift that values education in these communities. You look at a lot of Nigerians and Asians, there's a culture present that places heavy value on education and competition scholastically. Often that is the case regardless of economic background. Not always the case, but often enough that they have a well earned reputation. You don't see that enough in black communities.

Black teens especially males will be competitive in sports, rip on each other over shoes and clothing and haircuts and girls, but when it comes to the books......that's another story. Until black people collectively wake up and recognize that they're not in competition with themselves, you can continue to expect poor results.

Aren't balck middle-class/suburban communities doing alright?

I think in these areas like Baltimore and shyt, it may be more localized cultural decay. If a drug dealer lives next door in some cramped housing project in a community with poor school funding, that whole problem perpetuates itself.

 

[mamba]

Hassan, Atul or Jose could go to the same schools and get a 3.0.

This is a failure of culture.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

You obviously have low standards and expectations.

Most parents with failing children, would try to find what they could to work WITH teachers and school administration to address the problem. Your first post sidestepped parental responsibility, and passed the baton directly to the teachers.

He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He started off wrong when he talked about white teachers and snowballed from there. Most of the teachers in Baltimore are black. But NOBODY wants to be a teacher in Baltimore. It’s gotten so bad they have had to hire teachers from countries like the Philippines. And of course they get walked all over

 

[George's Dilemma]

But here's the thing...why can't those Nigerians and Asians make it pop in their own country? Why do they have to come here to make it pop if they are so culturally superior? This is why you can't compare us to them because if they faced the same barriers as us, they would just go back home. Your kids will not just be able to get an education and succeed...Black Americans have to raise kids that are READY TO DIE to get what's there. There is no pathway built for us to succeed like Nigerians and Asians have. Don't compare our struggle to the struggle or lack there of, of White Supremacies tokens. That's how you reinforce the model minority myth.

Who cares why they can't pop in their own country? That's off topic. The point is they can come over here and and be successful. They see opportunity while too many of our own mistakenly see the impossible. That's the minority myth dudes like you perpetuate. Its about perspective and false narratives. There are plenty of black people in this country who are thriving, plenty who have come out fukked up neighborhoods because they had a goal and their parent(s) kept a fire under their ass. Too many folks over here look at life from the perspective of what they can't do and instead of what they can do. Until that changes, nothing will change.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

You obviously have low standards and expectations.

Most parents with failing children, would try to find what they could to work WITH teachers and school administration to address the problem. Your first post sidestepped parental responsibility, and passed the baton directly to the teachers.

None of what you saying has anything to do with a child having a 1.0 GPA. That is the direct result of not coming to school or just walking the halls all-day

I'm done talking to both of y'all CLASSIST HOUSE NIKKAS, wannabe white classist nikkas.

It's a waste of my time. Y'all don't get it whatsoever but it doesn't surprise me...both of y'all probably the type that'll be in threads not wanting to talk about how businesses don't wanna pay living wages, landlords being greedy just because, teachers half-assing on the job, etc and that it's just the ppl's fault for their problems. Black Ppl's fault for these situations.

I'm going to turn off the thread notifications so I don't have to see any more replies.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm done talking to both of y'all CLASSIST HOUSE NIKKAS, wannabe white classist nikkas.

It's a waste of my time. Y'all don't get it whatsoever but it doesn't surprise me...both of y'all probably the type that'll be in threads not wanting to talk about how businesses don't wanna pay living wages, landlords being greedy just because, teachers half-assing on the job, etc and that it's just the ppl's fault for their problems. Black Ppl's fault for these situations.

I'm going to turn off the thread notifications so I don't have to see any more replies.

If Bmoregorilla used to teach there, I think his words have a lot weight. Are you a teacher? Have you ever taught at low income schools?

You can't even blame teachers in this situation because a 1.0 means you just not showing up. And why would a teacher care if the kids don't care?

 

[EndDomination]

Obvious propaganda

They’re using the GPAs of students during the middle of a global pandemic - all to push privatization. Meanwhile Baltimore schools already got worse in private hands

 

[King Poetic]

It starts in the home, these teachers can’t make miracles happen

parents and the public don’t want to hear it

kids can understand everything coming out da baby or lil baby mouth but don’t know 12x12 is and it’s always the teachers fault or administration

and when u blame the mamas , they come with I don’t have no help at home or I’m working 2 jobs or if the drunk and lazy daddy around he throws the blame on the teachers

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

I would like to hear from coli teachers.