The Tragedy of Black Education Is New--Walter E. Williams

The Tragedy of Black Education Is New
"Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investigation of Baltimore’s school system. 

What it found was an utter disgrace.

• In 19 of Baltimore’s 39 high schools, out of 3,804 students, only 14 of them, or less than 1%, were proficient in math.
  
• In 13 of Baltimore’s high schools, not a single student scored proficient in math.
• In five Baltimore City high schools, not a single student scored proficient in math or reading.

Despite these academic deficiencies, about 70% of the students graduate and are conferred a high school diploma—a fraudulent high school diploma.

• The Detroit Public Schools Community District scored the lowest in the nation compared to 26 other urban districts for reading and mathematics at the fourth- and eighth-grade levels.
• A recent video captures some of this miseducation in Milwaukee high schools: In two city high schools, only one student tested proficient in math and none are proficient in English.

Yet, the schools spent a full week learning about “systemic racism” and “Black Lives Matter activism.”...Read all.