Well, we're getting rid of the Academics Plus (aka A Plus) program at Burke Middle. From what I witnessed, most of "the plan" was never truly implemented to begin with. What's the plan now? We still have 7th graders doing 4th grade math and 8th graders reading on a 1st grade reading level, so...there's a plan, right?
Yet the only plan in the works from what I read in the Post and Courier is to expand the Advanced Placement (aka AP Academy) program at Burke high. Should we be pleased Mr. Benton seems to recognize he'll have to recruit outside of District 20 for students to fill these classes? And what ARE we doing about thoses students who are struggling to read and write?
It's a numbers games. The administrators know they need the more challening curriculum to attract the accelerated student. And we need those accelerated students back at Burke to make those administrators look better. Yeah, I get it. We need to offer more challenging curriculum in the hopes of improving that damn data, but PLEASE quit pretending we don't have a bigger problem that desperately needs to be addressed.
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What is CCSD doing to prepare rising 7th and 8th graders downtown in meeting the expectations of a challenging academic program like this? Better still, what is CCSD doing to guarantee that today's 4 and 5 year olds downtown will be ready to step up to this challenge 9 years from now? These kids need a genuine committment from CCSD for a long term solution to the educational trap they've been given. I hope this isn't just a quick fix designed to manipulate the numbers and not really improve the chances of the people who have been left behind by CCSD for so long.
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You're not well, are you?
"7th graders doing 4th grade math and 8th graders reading on a 1st grade reading level"
How? Who's passing these kids? That could be problem #1. If you can't pass 1st grade reading, you don't belong in 2nd grade.
And who is working with these kids outside of school to help these kids? That might just be problem #2.
If you ever heard that poverty breeds poverty, then this blog posting may just be the description of the road to poverty.
To answer your question, CCSD is passing these kids right on through. Social promotion is still alive and well...
Who's helping these kids outside of school? Well I guess that would be the Mom who CCSD passed right on through as well...
Bingo! So the problem might not be so much with the school as much as it may be with Social Services. You see, kids benefit the most from education when they have outside resources to help them learn. The schools can't fix that. Buist can't fix that. Get the CCSD to work with creating a new system for DSS and not only will the kids improve, but the families will as well. But that would cost tax money and who wants to invest in that.
HUH??
I'm sorry I'm evidently misunderstanding you. We pay taxes so kids can receive an education. In many cases, they're clearly NOT and you're telling me "schools can't fix that???"
Please help me better understand your logic.
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