[And That’s the Truth is a feature by our guest blogger, Sojourner Truth– PE]
Chicago Democrat sounds alarm as 55 schools report no proficiency in math or reading: ‘Very serious’ — foxnews.com
“No proficiency” means there ain’t one kid can read or do math in the whole school. Not one.
A Illinois state senator named Willie Preston says
“I think that we have to reengage parents, have parents actively take a role inside the schools when they can be, but in addition, we need to make certain that we … spend our money in the right way as it pertains to our children’s education.”
You gotta engage parents, I don’t see why you gotta reengage em. Damn schools were closed for two years. Parents had to school their own kids. If there ain’t one kid in the whole school that can read or do math, you tellin me the parents were engaged? They ain’t never been engaged.
And the money ain’t the problem either. People always blame money for bad schools. Illinois this year sent $9.4 billion to Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. government sent another $1.8 billion. Check my math (if you didn’t go to a Chicago public school) but that’s $11.2 billion
Look at this:
Not a single student can do math at grade level in 53 #Illinois schools. For reading, it’s 30 schools. Not 1 single student. Education data from @ISBEnews
It's yet another indictment of the state’s educational system. Via @Wirepointshttps://t.co/rMZlnHjcgK #twill #SchoolChoice… pic.twitter.com/meKyUDo7sk
— Wirepoints (@Wirepoints) February 14, 2023
These schools gettin 5 figures per student. Some get $20,000, $30,000, $40,000, $50,000. I ain’t kiddin! Some schools get $50,000 per student.
Even if you got $10,000 per student and you got 30 kids in a class, that’s $300,000. Take out the teacher’s salary and the price of some chalk and you still got a lotta money. Where in the hell is that money goin? Probly they payin 10 levels of administrators in the district office who ain’t teachin nobody.
And in case you’re gonna say that COVID lockdowns caused this problem, well for your information, the current scores are not much worse than they were in 2019.
Sen. Preston adds “A lot of these children are coming from poverty-stricken communities.”
Oh, bullshit. There’s a lot of low-income Asians in this country too but I guarantee you they can read.
The governor of Illinois will make it a national priority to teach black queer history for some goddamn reason but nobody wants to teach black kids to read.
And that’s the Truth!