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Black Education Tragedy & Fraudulent Diplomas
Can this education tragedy be blamed on racial discrimination or the legacy of slavery?
Walter E. Williams, professor, economist, author, and syndicated columnist, died at the beginning of the month. He was 84-years-old. His last column was called: Black Education Tragedy is New. Williams listed the following BET episodes.
1). Several years ago, Project Baltimore investigated Baltimore’s school system and their findings were tragic. 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 5 Baltimore high schools, not a single student scored proficient in math or reading. Despite these deficiencies 70% of the students graduate. But they receive, what Williams called, a fraudulent diploma.
2). 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.
3). A recent video captured some of the miseducation in Milwaukee high schools. In two city schools, only one student tested proficient in math and none are proficient in English. However, the school spent a full week learning about “systemic racism” and “Black Lives Matter” activism.