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BlueIn_W_Pa

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40. This is a huge problem

Sat Sep 23, 2023, 01:44 PM

Sep 2023

newer ways that math is taught

Yes, because "singapore math" and other iterations is such a waste of time and money from teachers to the kids because it's new, it must be better. /sarc

I watched my sons go through the "new math" in Ohio and it was a disaster for everyone.

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Not a single student was proficient in math. Not one student [View all] BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 OP

Would be interesting to know the pay scale for teachers. enough Sep 2023 #1

From last year SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #4

Apparently VERY well paid BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #5

From Table 4: teachers with an MA start at $55,952. lapucelle Sep 2023 #8

Maybe Baltimore v Maryland as a whole is the difference? BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #12

Your link is to a city-sponsored promotional / marketing website lapucelle Sep 2023 #17

I see what you mean BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #20

Baltimore teachers are not particularly well-paid. lapucelle Sep 2023 #22

Maybe the pandemic has something to do with it. wnylib Sep 2023 #64

I'm more interested in the pay scale of the parents. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2023 #26

Parent, singular. Baltimore has a huge single parent problem Amishman Sep 2023 #39

'accountability' means what? elleng Sep 2023 #2

This is scary, seriously.. n/t SheilaAnn Sep 2023 #3

That's terrible news. lapucelle Sep 2023 #6

That is Timewas Sep 2023 #7

A retired math teacher told me LiberaBlueDem Sep 2023 #9

I worked at a community college. We got the teens/ young adults after they had been scarred by math Demovictory9 Sep 2023 #23

I worked for an adult GED program for unemployment Mossfern Sep 2023 #36

This is a huge problem BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #40

Alarmist headline, tied to an article with zero substance. Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #10

Absolutely alarmist, and rightfully so BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #11

The data you linked to details the 2022 to 2023 percentage point growth (or loss) lapucelle Sep 2023 #15

Wouldn't proficiency mean "pass"? BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #16

The last column is the percentage gain in the number of students lapucelle Sep 2023 #19

That link at least provides some information. Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #18

These scores are so bad we're quibbling which what circle of hell is appropriate Silent3 Sep 2023 #50

That's exactly what it was BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #52

"probably just" Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #54

Despite your experience, what you're saying isn't substance either Silent3 Sep 2023 #58

My point isn't that I kniw the students have mastered the material Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #60

And no one mentions the role parents play in this? fredamoss3 Sep 2023 #13

And the fallout from the failed Fox News / George Bush "No Child Left Behind Act" continues. Initech Sep 2023 #14

Fox News. blue neen Sep 2023 #21

Local Fox Stations edhopper Sep 2023 #24

For what it's worth, this headline is all over right wing media. lapucelle Sep 2023 #28

Thanks for the links edhopper Sep 2023 #30

Not sure why anyone needs to "frame" the story BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #41

Media often frames a story to create a narrative. lapucelle Sep 2023 #42

Does it change what that stats are? No. BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #44

The Fox Corporation owns 29 full power local TV stations around the country. LastDemocratInSC Sep 2023 #25

Not buying This Story erpowers Sep 2023 #27

Umhm. Some. Also likely many understand numbers "adequately" Hortensis Sep 2023 #31

Post 11 has a link to the school's report BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #32

Kids who are proficient but don't test well Zeitghost Sep 2023 #62

We have a culture that devalues education. Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #29

Or it's that the kids don't g.a.s. about the tests Reader Rabbit Sep 2023 #33

We're pretty much doomed. Wingus Dingus Sep 2023 #34

Agree with you there BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #35

Just had to come back to your post to lighten the mood BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #59

LOL, classic. Wingus Dingus Sep 2023 #63

What is your solution? Kingofalldems Sep 2023 #37

I'm a chemical engineer, not in education BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #38

If finger pointing is "less than useless" why point fingers? lapucelle Sep 2023 #43

Calling out a disaster is not pointing fingers BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #45

The link to the context of the data you cited via a screenshot: lapucelle Sep 2023 #51

These are from the school district BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #53

Now you're claiming that state profiency exams are tests of remedial skills. lapucelle Sep 2023 #55

Again, what are you trying to argue? BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #57

The sensational headline that the Fox affiliate employed lapucelle Sep 2023 #61

Hold the phone !!!! essaynnc Sep 2023 #46

Of course they do BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #47

People have to want to do a job for it to get done. That's any job. gulliver Sep 2023 #48

Appreciate the post, gulliver BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #49

The problem is parents or whatever is going on at home JI7 Sep 2023 #56

The paragraphs cited in the OP do not actually establish that money is not the problem. Jim__ Sep 2023 #65

I was not a good math student. Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2023 #66

Agreed to a point BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #67

I'm a bit perplexed by this. Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #69

Better said than I did BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #70

Was the test appropriate to the content? Renew Deal Sep 2023 #68

Not a right way to approach this, IMHO BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #71

That's really heartbreaking ecstatic Sep 2023 #72

Our district posted some great proficiency numbers MissB Sep 2023 #73