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BlueIn_W_Pa

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67. Agreed to a point

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #66)

Sun Sep 24, 2023, 10:55 AM

Sep 2023

many of these classes weren't advanced, but to your point having taken just about every level math for my degree, it does train your mind in how to think, conceptualize and problem solve (of course not to say this is the only way).
I mean, geometry class helps in home repair, but not knowing arctan and trig is well and good
Algebra teaches relationships, good, but calculus leans way towards a specialized degree

So you have a really good point

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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