Put it in bin liners and call it trash. They don't care what's in the bags, they just want to know what part of the lot to send you to.

Actually, the state oversees a lot of city schools' business after some scandals back in the day. It's a weird mix of local and stat authority that makes it harder to get anything done.

Oh no, we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas!

It’s legitimately one of the most sociopathic comments I’ve ever read here. Insane that a person actually thinks this way and sees nothing wrong with it.

Books dont provide links for sources either even after they cite their sources, are they not valid then?

But fine here you go, heres the data: https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/DataDownloads/FileDownload/458

If you go to the state website the math scores for 2022 are not available yet (only English). Also if you go to the 2021 data some of the schools listed (e.g. Mervo) had barely anyone take the exam (which would make sense since it is for grades 3-8).

I’m an economist by training (if not by practice), I have student loans, and they were 1000% worth it because the wage (and mobility!) premium for having a master’s is much much more than the lack of full-time work I missed out on. I’m very familiar with reality.

Oh yeah, this is definitely the Teachers Union's Fault.

Go back to the GOP meeting with your Union Busting bullshit. God forbid we pay teacher a teacher with a degree, license, and 5 years of experience more than $60k/year.

What’s wrong with recognizing that all people deserve safety, peace, and comfort, irrespective of their (lack of) economic productivity? Not everyone has potential, that’s okay, they should still be well-cared for and thought of.

> I guess to be a real progressive in this era, you have to shout "ACAB" all the time and constantly call for the abolition of capitalism.

The absolute funniest thing about this idiocy is that it's in defense of a protest vote declared 16 months in advance of the primary.

The only reason to care about this race before next spring is if you're planning on backing or volunteering for any particular candidate.

I am not sure you are aware with ground reality.. number for inflation even looks better . 😀

Free or low-cost college education is accessible in many places. Georgia for example, provides tuition-free public university for any undergraduate in-state student who meets the requirements. UGA and Georgia Tech are very, very good schools.

Also, the vast majority of Americans do not and will never have student loans. It’s an uncommon problem. Additionally, per the Cleveland Fed, there’s a wage premium of 84% for students who are college-educated versus those who aren’t. Even with the opportunity cost, it’s largely worth it going to college (and so many people going to college, we see their revealed preferences despite the cost).

https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-commentary/2012/ec-201210-the-college-wage-premium

What the fuck is wrong with you?

And the Link?

I went to the MCAP Website and the MD Board of Ed. Website and neither have access to the data.

Sure it says that Baltimore School for the Arts was one of 150 schools to give the MCAP test, but did they really give it? How many scores did they report?

Or did they just sign up for it and never end up giving it? My SO has given these tests to her classes, and the technology issues from Pearson often end up causing the test to be a lost cause.

Curious why you think it's a slur? Hard to find much information, but it seems as though the consensus is that it is not a slur. It is the "preferred spelling of the Arabber Preservation Society, created in 1994 for the support of arabbing, “an African-American folk tradition,”"

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0417-arabbers-20180416-story.html

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20180417/281706910272370

City Schools math teacher here who also taught math in Virginia before moving to Baltimore. The math curriculum used by the city is VERY dense and VERY difficult. I teach Algebra 1 to students with disabilities (SWD) and it is essentially impossible for my students to pass this test. Additionally, the MCAP (Maryland's standardized test for math, formally called the PARCC) is considered to be a very difficult standardized test.

In Virginia the standardized tests are called the SOL (yes...that's a real name "Standards of Learning") and while they were still difficult and imperfect, they more directly tested math skills appropriate for a 14 year old. The MCAP questions are incredibly difficult, also often with multiple parts, entirely given on the computer (which is challenging for anyone when it comes to math problems), and the test itself seems to change year by year, which makes it very difficult for teachers to know how to prepare students for the actual test-taking part.

For example, in Virginia, students in Algebra 1 are not required to learn or know anything about sequences. In Maryland, Algebra 1 students are given complex units on sequences that they are expected to learn within just two days. Here is an example of 1 page out of 4 from ONE lesson on sequences, which students would be expected to learn and practice, all within only 1-2 days. Even for students in general education (not SWD), this is a huge ask. Even for kids on grade level. Consider that every Algebra 1 teacher in the district is required to use this material and how they have to adapt it for their learners' needs. And here is how I adapt this very high level ask for my SWD.

This isn't to say that there aren't very real criticisms and discussions needed about a variety of topics: how we teach math, school choice, how and why we test, where funding goes, etc etc etc. But I just wanted to provide the additional context of WHY so many students are failing and what a monumental task teachers have preparing students at any level given the tests and curriculum we are required to use.

Where is free college education ? If you get student loan you will be poor for rest of your life exceptions are there.

All students can apply elsewhere, not all schools can take applications. It doesn't change my point.

No one is applying to get into Edmonson.

>if the school is in a bad area then you have children from a bad area stuck going to the school in the bad area.

No you don't, because those students can apply elsewhere, it's the school that cannot take outside students (which none would be applying anyway).

I hate Fox too, but they literally say in the article where they got their data from > The Maryland State Department of Education recently released the 2022 state test results known as MCAP, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program.

Hell its even in the photo they have in the article

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Cool, thanks!

I think you can take building materials to the dump on Reisterstown Road, but there’s often a long line of contractor trucks waiting there. The last time I went there, I waited an hour. Baltimore shouldn‘t make it so hard and time-consuming to dispose of construction material — I think that’s why there’s so much illegal dumping in alleys.

That’s not completely true, schools that meet their Annual Yearly Progress are open to applications from any student, the lower scoring schools are not open to applications. Also, schools don’t have to accept every student who applies, this means the schools that don’t meet AYP are filled with local students only, while the better schools can accept the better students and keep getting better. It creates a downward spiral for schools, once the AYP isn’t met no students from outside the catchment area can apply, if the school is in a bad area then you have children from a bad area stuck going to the school in the bad area.

i order mostly from b&h photo online, and I have it developed and scanned at full circle fine art up in old goucher

No judgement. Where do you even get retail film rolls, and are there local labs or do you have to mail them out to be developed?