We’re passing kids who don’t come to school and can’t read.
This is 140 students that are in 8th grade.
5% I’ve never met. 10% I’ve met met a few times, they come to school, do some drugs, sell some drugs, go to alternative. 30% are not even literate.
70% are not at grade level.
100% graduating
How is this happening?

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Oh, let me count the ways. Social promotion (doesn’t matter if the school or parents are at fault), prioritizing SEL over the 3 R’s, the acceptance of the “participation trophy” and the carryover into education, general lack of accountability for students, teachers, admin, and up, pressure on teachers to pass students along (for a myriad of reasons), lack of time in the school day for appropriate remediation, lack of support/implementation/follow through regarding truancy…Ok, that’s a good start.

Please, oh colleagues, feel free to add more!

Public education - the best most parents can afford.

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It is truly sad.

Yup, it's dire here too. I wouldn't say drugs are the big problem, but attendance is worse every year, kids don't hand in a single assignment, and we're told to find a way to pass them.

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I agree about attendance.

8th graders who can't read?? Yikes. HST1 nailed it.

You are lucky

Please relieve yourself of any stress and frustration regarding this dire situation. This is 8th grade. Be at peace, especially if you were not part of the problem. Let's face it, as teachers, we are participating in a system that is broken.

True. The system is broken.

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