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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by Overtonwindow on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:48PM (#35306468)
This is depressing and an absolute travesty. If this was anywhere else but California I might look to the parents for blame, but here I blame the teachers and the school system.

Maybe I'm over thinking this, but the public education curriculum in major cities seem to have strayed far from making sure that every child is drilled in the basics: Basic reading, writing, and mathematics.

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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by Arainach on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:54PM (#35306548)
Why do you believe that curriculum is the issue?

Large class sizes with underpaid teachers asked to play babysitter, teacher, and test prep tutor, all while being given no flexibility in approach or real ability to discipline are all major issues.

Administration that won't support teacher decisions and will push back if teachers actually try to fail students even if they don't turn in anything leaves this as an inevitable outcome.

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