KARAH RUCKER: MATH IS A CRITICAL SUBJECT FOR KIDS TO LEARN IN SCHOOL…BUT TEST SCORES IN MARYLAND ARE REVEALING A DEVASTATING REALITY – THAT STUDENTS JUST AREN’T GETTING IT.

THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASED THE 2022 STATE TEST RESULTS AND FOUND JUST 7 PERCENT OF THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS ARE “PROFICIENT” IN MATH. THAT MEANS 93% OF KIDS ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE IN THE SUBJECT.

EVEN MORE TROUBLESOME FOR THE STATE – IN ITS GREATEST METROPOLITAN AREA…23 BALTIMORE SCHOOLS HAD ZERO STUDENTS MEET THE STANDARD. TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS TOOK THE MATH TESTS AND NOT ONE COULD DO MATH AT GRADE LEVEL.

A BALTIMORE RESIDENT FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT CLAIMING THEY’RE FAILING TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND IN THE PROCESS MIS-USING TAXPAYER FUNDS.

JOVANI PATTERSON: “These kids can’t do math. You’re not preparing them to buy groceries. You’re not preparing them to do accounting, to count their own money. You’re not preparing them to read contracts and negotiate salaries. It just sounds like these schools, now, have turned into essentially babysitters with no accountability.”

THIS IS NOT JUST A MARYLAND PROBLEM…AND NOT JUST A PROBLEM IN MATH. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS RELEASED A REPORT THIS MONTH ON THE DECLINE IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION SINCE THE PANDEMIC. HALF OF STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY ARE BEHIND IN AT LEAST ONE SUBJECT.

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