The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 29, 2023, 05:04:24 pm
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AMERICAN NEWS Jul 28, 2023
Not ONE incoming 8th grader at LeBron James' 'I Promise' school in Akron has passed state's basic math test in over three years
"It is discouraging," the director of school improvement said.
Sara Higdon
Jul 28, 2023
3 Minute Read
LeBron James' I Promise School, located in Akron, Ohio, is currently facing severe criticism from members of the Akron Public School Board due to a troubling revelation. Recent reports have disclosed that this year's incoming 8th-grade class has not produced a single student who passed the state math test in over three years.
The shocking news left board member Valerie McKitrick astonished as she expressed her disbelief, saying, "Not one? In three years?" The data presented to her revealed that not a single student from the fall 8th-grade class at the I Promise School could achieve proficiency in the Ohio state math test, per the Akron Beacon Journal.
Keith Liechty-Clifford, the district director of school improvement in Akron, expressed his discouragement with the newly discovered information.
Despite substantial financial support from the James Foundation, as well as local, state, and federal funding, the I Promise School's performance among students has been deeply concerning. These students now find themselves testing in the bottom 5% in the entire state.
As a result of these distressing test scores, the Ohio Department of Education will be stepping in to intervene at the I Promise School. This intervention is a last-ditch effort to reverse the declining trend in test performance and address the challenges the school is facing.
https://thepostmillennial.com/zero-incoming-8th-grade-students-at-lebron-james-i-promise-school-pass-state-math-test-in-3-years?utm_campaign=64487
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Now come the fake grades, cheating, and bribery. :pondering:
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I have a question....How are the other schools in the area doing?
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LeBrons net worth is a $1B bet they can dribble pretty good though.
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LeBrons net worth is a $1B bet they can dribble pretty good though.
Along with dribbling add shooting skills. wink777
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Now come the fake grades, cheating, and bribery. :pondering:
:thumbsup:
Demographics (as far as I can find) is showing just under 60% males and and 60% Blacks (70% if you add in mixed). About 8% Hispanic and 15% White.
Being they only take in kids with low reading skills, they are at a disadvantage to begin with, but given the low teacher to student ratio and freebies like two meals for whole family, there is a big advantage too.
I imagine it is blast going there if you don't care about getting an education.