PeanutGallery
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I live out in Baltimore County and saw the story on the local news. On the one hand, people who talk about not enough money is being spent on education. Those people need to stop it. Like 1.6 billion dollars isn't enough to educate students today? I think the city gets more per student than the county kids do, but the results are very different. BTW, how do we know that the money that going to these schools are being spend appropriately? No clue, and if you want to hear North Ave. complain, threaten them with a full-on audit of their spending.
Accountability is a HUGE problem with the city schools. Since the teacher's union is one of the most powerful Democrat special interest groups, the politicians don't have the lower testicular fortitude to go after them. So, whatever they want to do will face little to no resistance from them. Less emphasis on reading 'riting and 'rithmetic for social justice teachings is going on now. City council members, who are SUPPOSED to provide oversight for the schools, are too scared to say or do anything. They're afraid that if they go after North Ave., the teacher's union will endorse (and finance) the Democrat who runs against them next election. I mean, who remembers what happened at Augusta Fells Savage school here in Baltimore? A senior with a .1 GPA in school. Nobody has been fired or suspended for allowing that student to get to the 12th grade in the first place.
All that being said, the worse part, in my opinion, is the total lackadaisical attitude the residents of Baltimore have towards education. Bet they won't be protests in front the Baltimore City Schools building about the lack of a proper education their children are receiving. Those who talk about the home life of kids playing a vital factor in what kind of student a teacher is going to get are absolutely right. There are too many homes in Baltimore, and other urban cities, where the emphasis is more on just getting by with a roof over their head, clothes on their backs, and food to eat than to make sure their children are getting an actual education. Even though it's education that will give them the best shot of breaking the cycle and getting out of that environment. Teachers can do a lot, but they can't make chicken salad after chicken shit, and thanks to No Child Left Behind, it's now where they don't want to lose funding, so students are now "socially promoted" to the next grade.
Last note, Baltimore is also the national headquarters of the NAACP. I highly doubt that we're going to get a statement from their Prez about how this can be going on in their city. How are we going to have advancement of colored people if we're not getting the education that will prepare us for the future economy?
Accountability is a HUGE problem with the city schools. Since the teacher's union is one of the most powerful Democrat special interest groups, the politicians don't have the lower testicular fortitude to go after them. So, whatever they want to do will face little to no resistance from them. Less emphasis on reading 'riting and 'rithmetic for social justice teachings is going on now. City council members, who are SUPPOSED to provide oversight for the schools, are too scared to say or do anything. They're afraid that if they go after North Ave., the teacher's union will endorse (and finance) the Democrat who runs against them next election. I mean, who remembers what happened at Augusta Fells Savage school here in Baltimore? A senior with a .1 GPA in school. Nobody has been fired or suspended for allowing that student to get to the 12th grade in the first place.
All that being said, the worse part, in my opinion, is the total lackadaisical attitude the residents of Baltimore have towards education. Bet they won't be protests in front the Baltimore City Schools building about the lack of a proper education their children are receiving. Those who talk about the home life of kids playing a vital factor in what kind of student a teacher is going to get are absolutely right. There are too many homes in Baltimore, and other urban cities, where the emphasis is more on just getting by with a roof over their head, clothes on their backs, and food to eat than to make sure their children are getting an actual education. Even though it's education that will give them the best shot of breaking the cycle and getting out of that environment. Teachers can do a lot, but they can't make chicken salad after chicken shit, and thanks to No Child Left Behind, it's now where they don't want to lose funding, so students are now "socially promoted" to the next grade.
Last note, Baltimore is also the national headquarters of the NAACP. I highly doubt that we're going to get a statement from their Prez about how this can be going on in their city. How are we going to have advancement of colored people if we're not getting the education that will prepare us for the future economy?
