Hate to be so dramatic, but some school administrators should probably go to jail for this. Zero students in 23 schools? That’s insane. You can go to jail for committing fraud on your taxes. What are the consequences for ruining thousands of kids education? Some school leaders should be made an example of
I can’t imagine the state grade level standards are even that high, so this is even more grim. From what I’ve gathered, mathematical standards in USA schools is notably lower than Asian countries like Korea, Singapore, Russia.<p>From the graph is looked like the highest percentage was 36%. So only 36% testing as proficient was the <i>best</i> district? If so, what an absolute disaster.<p>Another one of those “how on earth is the richest country on earth this bad?” moments.
The entirety of the "maga" movement should be absolutely and vehemently rallying against this - its impossible to be "great" if a large chunk of your schools aren't teaching very basic maths.<p>Jokes aside, y'all doomed. Ok, maybe not <i>all</i> jokes aside, but the sentiment holds. Be worried.
Okay, but what other social justice goals are the math teachers achieving? That's far more important than preparing students for success and advancement. If the teacher is using all the right pronouns and engaging in active gender justice, that's what matters.