Detroit Michigan needs Competency

[O3H]

Competency seems to be a Michigan problem, a lack of will.

Just 3 percent of Benton Harbor third-graders scored proficient or higher
in English Language Arts on the M-STEP in 2017-18.
The state rate was 44 percent.

Just 1 percent of its 8th graders were proficient in math,
compared to 33 percent statewide.

https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-educ...-likely-demise

Benton Harbor located southwest of Kalamazoo, population was 10,038

We could just take kids and hit them extremely hard
with a sledgehammer right in the cranium leaving a dent
-- that would cause the same effect, with minimal cost to taxpayers.

Kids can't read or do math -- but they made it all the way to 8th grade -- WTF !!!

Benton Harbor is one of the poorest communities in Michigan.
The median household income is $20,157
48% adults & 68% children live below the federal poverty line.

USA citizens, in America, in Michigan, are treated lower than snail shit, disposable

[Wesley Mouch]

Competency seems to be a Michigan problem, a lack of will.

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USA citizens, in America, in Michigan, are treated lower than snail shit, disposable

Nothing in your post shows Michigan as an outlier. The problems with education are pretty universal across the US, no?

And how can you say we treat Michigan citizens
'lower than snail sh--'? We are constantly spending money. There's no shortage of money and effort. If there's a shortage, its a shortage of willingness to take serious steps that could offend those in power. We should be dissolving schools that don't perform. Close them. Start fresh. And let the new schools start with a clean slate. No legacy thinking. No legacy costs. And no legacy labour contracts. Fresh start.

I ask you, are we willing to really put students first, or are we too wed to the system and to the current solutions that clearly aren't working?