Jason Rodriguez, deputy director of People Empowered by the Struggle, a Baltimore-based nonprofit, told Papst, “This is educational homicide” at its finest.
“There is no excuse,” Rodriguez said, adding, “We have a system that’s just running rogue, and it starts at the top.”
In 2022, Baltimore City Schools were allocated a record $1.6 billion from taxpayers, making it the fourth-highest funded school system in the country.
Additionally, they received $799 million in Covid relief funds from the federal government. Despite this, students in the corrupt and crime-ridden metro area have yet to show increased proficiency on state math exams.
Thirteen will be valedictorians that can get into prestigious schools which now don’t even have entrance exams. Welcome to clown world.