Parents rip into DOE, say
NYC has failed black students
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/16/2021 12:09:59 AM
A growing legion of black parents in Queens say the Department of Education has failed their kids through mismanagement and neglect—fueling an exodus out of the public school system. Fed-up families in District 29—a primarily black area which includes Hollis, Rosedale, and Cambria Heights—said the DOE has long tolerated abysmal math and English proficiency rates, despite high per-student spending.(Snip) Despite spending roughly $27,000 per student, PS 134 in Hollis saw only 6 percent of 5th graders pass their 2019 state math proficiency test and 17 percent hit that minimal mark in English. The DOE spent nearly the same amount at PS 156
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Who but other black people run those schools and teach the classes because they insist that only black people can teach black kids? Who proudly derides learning as "acting WHITE," and attacks students who try? Who refuses all discipline and assaults teachers who want productive classroom time? Who says it's abusive to not advance them to the next grade? Nothing is ever the fault of black people, wherever in the world they may be, so there are no solutions here.