The mother who's son was late or absent everyday is blaming the school system for her failure as a parent. It's a parents responsibility to teach their children routines and responsible habits like going to bed at 9pm so they're well rested and able to get up in the morning. so they can make it to school on time. Irresponsible behaviors are learned. Parents can't wait until 3rd grade to all of a sudden have house rules. There will be push back.
Late 111 days and Absent 30 days of school? The school year is only 180 days. What is going on in this house? Why is this little one not getting to school on time?
For me I had to take my younger siblings to school/nursery school every day. When I tried to make them get dressed quicker, they whined and started crying, which meant I got the belt. I hated walking in late, so some days I just did not go. I had a single mother who was trying to get us off welfare, working hard for very little money. SO I did not complain and took the embarrassment. In the end out family did well, two of us graduated college and I earned and MSCS degree. But these are different times. Either there is a problem with treatment at school (bullies and/or bad teachers) or treatment at home because a kid playing hooky is a lonely kid (assuming they are not in a gang).
Parents you hold the role of being your child’s primary educator! Rather than pointing fingers at the district, it's crucial to reflect inward first. Allowing your children to disrespect teachers, confronting schools with disrespect, and limiting disciplinary actions have tied the hands of educators. The ability to effectively guide and discipline students has been restricted, leaving few tools at our disposal. We've reached a point where even basic disciplinary actions like suspensions or recess removal are off the table! There's a dire need for severe consequences for certain actions. Surprisingly, it's the parents and the community who possess more influence than the professionals who are genuinely striving to assist your children. In times past, teachers garnered the utmost respect, but sadly, that seems to have changed. There's a lack of protection for teachers, a situation that has been shaped by the demands and pressures imposed by the community. Now, the consequences of these actions must be faced. Parents, it's time to hold yourselves accountable. Students who have active and supportive parents continue to thrive in their learning journey. That much is certain!"
I don't believe they should take recess away from them. IEPs are very important. Kids with adhd need recess. Advocate for your kids and hold them accountable at home.
Ryte he the dad should be teaching at home aswell / no child left behind in my city of Tn maybe it’s all 50 states idk if he fail he be too old and grow frustrated and embrassed and might drop out and do crimes and be dead or in prison let ‘em pass get them up out of school with at least a diploma why not daddy need to get some flash cards and or go to a community center and get help for son if he feel so strong about them not teaching him math good well he do it simple
Clearly some of these parents never learned the word "parenting" in school. How can you let your child be late or absent 147 days of the year? Intervene! How do you see your child get all D minuses and think everything is fine with his educational progress?! It's all learned helplessness. The bad parents don't see themselves as the authors of their lives, so don't even try to take control of the situation when something is clearly wrong.
Tell me you’re not raising your children without telling me. If you don’t know what’s happening in your children’s daily lives, don’t know their best friend’s names, don’t know their teachers’ names, don’t know what classes they’re currently taking, don’t attend school events, don’t donate to fundraising, don’t volunteer… damn, do you even talk to them? Yes, the school system is partly to blame, but they’re only able to get away with this because parents aren’t involved. “I’m too busy working 2 or 3 jobs.” Congrats, you’ve set your children up for that same future, resulting in them having to work multiple jobs too, because they only qualify for low paying jobs because you weren’t involved when it mattered. Keep shifting the blame on the schools while McDonald and Walmart CEOs laugh. Or take accountability, get involved, plan better, and lead by example!! And for heaven’s sake, don’t have another child when you’re already doing a piss-poor job with your existing children.
I agree, but so do teachers and administrators who are willing to falsify documents. That's fraud. There's penalties for fraud on every job. The school system shouldn't be exempt.
I'm a former BCPSS teacher who taught in West Baltimore from 1997 - 2003. I can definitely attest to the self-destructive and overall dysfunctionality of many of the people in the inner city. I family cousins who still live in public housing. Some of them are not motivated to do the work. I thank God for overcoming my shortcomings to get an education and own a home. I grew up in public housing until the age of 9. My mother was a high school dropout and my faher was younger than her. I wasn't supposed to make it, but I knew early on (from watching the Cosby Show in the 1980s) that I wanted to go to college. Many of the kids today simply can't see past tomorrow. A lot of the students and parents had a math phobia. But when the school would offer my services to tutor parents for their GED or my students with their work, few would come.
@@briangriffin8106 it depends on the dialect. I had a white dialect so I was told I "sound white". But speaking well does not equate to whiteness. Take Denzel Washington. He and his wife speak very well. Better than most white people and when you hear them, you hear black voices. It's about the dialect.
@@briangriffin8106 you lack experience. If you think Denzel and his wife are the only black people who speak eloquently and still sound black, then you have no exposure. Malcolm X should have showed you that. Who are you?
AND it’s happening in so-called schools that continue to promote their education excellence by graduating majority of students as college or university bound to Ivy League education institutions. Additionally, there are schools whose teachers’ priorities are to teach students to pass the yearly statewide scholastic tests. However, once graduated, most of those students remain illiterate. Schools across the board ought to be audited otherwise there is a system of theft of taxpayers funds and theft of the education countless numbers of students so deserved. So now what?
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Yeah I tried to rely on the school to teach my kid because I worked more than 40 hours and I would be too exhausted to work with him when I was at home. I was also eating really unhealthy so I was tired all the time. Luckily when the pandemic hit I was able to work from home and went to a 40 hour work week. I started eating healthier and taking vitamins. My stress level went down and I had so much more energy so I started educating my own child. He does have a learning disability and was two grade levels behind but from me just working with him for one month he is now only one grade level behind.
Years ago I saw a documentary on Netflix about the lead poisoning in Baltimore city giving generations EXTREME levels of learning disabilities, slight brain damage etc. I have tried to find it again but can’t. It explains sooo much about this issue along with others in this city. Anyone familiar with this????
Fox , please take note that teachers are drained daily. Many students threaten,, talk back, fight and disrupt learning every day. It's pretty sad that many parents get heated with the teacher's, but who is in great support of the learning environment
As a black girl who was always in advanced classes, I often had problems with a lot of my teachers. Can we speak on teachers being discriminatory and racist and biased toward students? Both black and white teachers. Male and female? Yes, lets talk about it. Most of the teachers are ignorant as hell.
This isn’t just Baltimore … Anne Arundel county has these issues too. A lot of this has to do with economics and the kids in these communities not being seen as valuable.
O! The children are definitely valuable. There is a considerable check/payment for each child. More when they "pass," or even more when they can IEP them. The classroom to prison pipeline, has been indoctrinated and play, since desegregation.
The city gave up control of the schools to the state in 97. Since that time, they've been allowed to operate with no supervision. When Ehrlich, tried to do something, Democrats in assembly blocked him. Our schools used to have standards and tough, dedicated teachers.
The one really responsible are the parents. Why wasn't that first dad aware his kid was that behind? Why are they putting all their parenting responsibility on the "system?" Coming from a shit ass school, the worst enemy of the students who wanted to learn were the shit stirring kids who got no home discipline and dragged the whole class down with them.
Just a thought: Children learn the alphabet, phonics and reading in ELEMENTARY school. By the time you get to middle school and even high school, these things should be fundamental!! Why is anyone just learning to read by ninth grade??😢
Children should know at least the alphabet by the time they go to kindergarten. Many kids are capable of already knowing how to read by then. It is never too early to start reading to kids! A six-month old can get something out of it, even if it’s just the warm, fuzzy feeling of sitting in a caregiver’s lap and associating that feeling with the book in front of them. 😊
@@Ratgodx It's not just black homes. It poor families. Often single parent households. Poor are often undereducated. Schools funding is based off property taxes. So do the math. Bush era No child left behind policies were supposed to help but haven't really. They used to call it social economic disadvantage. Now they have changed the name to social determinants of health.
I raised two kids by myself on RN salary and it was still difficult. My Son was struggling to read in second grade. The teacher didn't refer him for testing. His pediatrician ordered testing. I had to fight with school to test him. They kept telling me the teacher had to refer him for testing. I told them they were refusing to follow a Dr's order. Eventually they tested him. He had a central processing defect and was referred for reading I interventions.
@@RatgodxThe fathers go in and out whenever they want to and the mothers are resentful and stressed with the kids. The fathers complain about no one treating them right in society while they watch their kids struggle under poverty, have limited nutritious food, and a non existent education. The mothers ignore the radar on good for nothing men and have children with them anyway. The mothers need to get their shit together and understand no one is coming to save them. They need to stop this expectation that whole governments and organizations are wholly responsible for their children. They must take accountability and plan out their time. The fathers need to zip their pants up and actually support their children and respect the mothers at a baseline level.
This is inexcusable in every way possible and such a multifaceted problem. In consequence it also affects the kids who actually AREN'T failing because they can never actually be sure of their abilities either if EVERYONE is passing.
This falls on the parents. Sadly it’s a cultural/home life/mindset problem. Has nothing to do with being poor or from single parent households. As far as the schools the entire school board and all in charge must be fired! There is NO reason for these schools to be having the issues they are having with the enormous amount of funding they have!
@@ReluctantGarbageCollectorUpper middle class black boys go down in social mobility at way higher rates than anyone. Look it up. It’s culture. Oddly enough, upper middle class black girls don’t experience the same effect. Poor black girls tend to stay poor in an unstable life, and same goes for the boys.
@foxBaltimore if you do a follow up story please ask the parents if they participate in voting in their local school board elections. This isn’t a knock but to highlight the importance and reminds Americans that we have power.
Everyone is blaming the schools and rightfully so but the parents have a hand in this also!!!! How do you not know that your kid missed 140 days of school?? That’s just bad parenting!!!!
It’s all inner city schools. Across the country. Education is not seen as valuable. Schools are a war zone, I often call it the wild Wild West. Families and schools need to do better. School is easier than it has ever been, yet kids are failing at a high rate. Teachers are loaded with more paper work, less time to help kids who need it. Stories are very familiar. I’ve been asked to change grades as well, I said “no” I didn’t go to school and learn what I know to pass any and everybody.
This is bigger than the student and the parent! If a kid can miss 111 days and fail every class and the school system(teachers, principals, higher ups) still promote that student, it’s a bigger issue with the system!!!!! Teachers making a salary for failure of students and changing grades, the higher ups demanding they change grades etc! The system is the issue!! The system is stealing and wasting the budget money!!!! This goes to the top of the Baltimore School System
This is so upsetting The audacity of every person higher up to say they were unaware is baffling. They've failed multiple generations of students for profit. Disgusting. Incredibly selfish. Someone should be in jail.
You don't see the problem, do you? The schools are a corrupt arm of the Democrat party money laundering machine . To continue getting their money, the students have to pass .
Sex talk should start at home and you should have a lot to say besides (just don't do it) . if that is all you have to say than that is exactly why kids should not be having kids.
Birth rates are the lowest ever recorded in the developed world. Nothing you said makes sense. Teen pregnancy is also down and the male virginity and sexless for 1 or more years rate is the highest ever recorded.
Social promotion has ruined a lot of peoples ability to obtain a higher education. Sadly, it is happening everywhere. Children need to be held accountable for their actions. I am not sure why the nations school chose to produce incapable graduates. School systems need an overhaul of operations. However, it must start from the top down. By using social promotion, schools produce good percentages of passing students. Numbers are all the higher up people care about, so if numbers are good, nothing is looked into deeply. This must change !
Yes it’s as simple as that-do you understand ANYTHING?!?!? Like this is TRULY the dumbest comment ever! Also, Maryland got a republican governor (who I ADORED) and his response to Baltimores issues were pretty much clear that he didn’t give a shit about the city.., soooo …
I have heard of teachers changing test scores so they get that bonus and funding. (Midwest) state public schools. The NEA has been failing our kids for years. “No child left behind” has made things worse.
In his book titled Inside American Education PUBLISHED IN 1993, Thomas Sowell details several of the themes covered in this documentary which had been persistent from as early as the 80s. Yet, somehow his voice as a Black conservative has not reached the level of notoriety as other Black authors.
You have a right to pay taxes. The school district has a right to your money . Students ? They can just stay stupid . The important thing is that the money gets laundered . Teachers get paid, the teachers donate to the Democrats , in the teacher, pay their union dues, and the union supports the Democrat party. As as a side benefit, the schools are producing more Democrats .
Schools do not give homework anymore in specific area codes.... If homework was given parents could actually help children; hence, parents would know where the extra help is needed. It is not just Baltimore it's happening across Maryland.
@@misspiscesdreamz that's true and what I'm saying is with homework the parents would know what else the children need to be helped with. Basically the parent would be the tutor... But it is a teacher's job to teach that's what they're getting paid for it's their job.
There’s a lot of factors: burned out, lazy, unlicensed and crooked teachers, the Every Student Succeeds Act (formerly known as No Child Left Behind), parents who aren’t involved in their children’s education, etc.
What do you expect from PUBLIC SCHOOL! it's free so of course it's garbage and it's ran by the us government designed by the nazi party. Only LOSERS send their kids to public school
Thank you for this segment. I have so much to say about my experience with Baltimore City Public schools, but will refrain from going too deeply. I wish I could talk to this reporter. My education came from a strong determination to learn, but to do that I had to begin pushing past the school system to go to Barnes & Noble on a regular basis. I thank God for the family members I had that pushed for excellence in education. Lord knows it was nearly impossible to learn anything in a classroom full of screaming violent students. Most students came to school to continue what they did the night before in their neighborhoods or on their front porches. Thank you so much for fighting this wicked system. I wish I felt that someone cared enough to fight while I was in school😢
This isnt limited to Baltimore. My parents taight public school in florida for.years and were forced by their administrators to pass all failing students because of "no child left behind"
58-62% of Baltimore City Public School students are absent/truant on any given dsy. The parents of OVER HALF OF THE STUDENTS can't or won't get their own kids to school.
The quality of the teaching and the curriculum are awful. It doesn't make a difference if the child sits in the chair in class or not. I wish I could show you all the stupid stuff that teachers gave to all of us in Kindegarten and elementary school. If my parents hadn't been teachers, I'd never have learned to read. Most of my classmates ended up in jail or running drugs. This school system is corrupt. The money has gone somewhere else.
I understand that the Baltimore education system may be flawed. I've seen several of these videos. I have one question. If these parents are aware that the school system is a problem, why don't they also help their kids by doing other activities with them? Especially if a parent knows their child has special needs and needs additional resources.
things can get worse. Can you imagine? Having a home and a book has to be considered a Can Do starting off point, if not--learned helplessness has seeped in.
Im not even from baltimore but i sat down and watched the video of the boy with a 0.13 gpa, the first documentary from two years ago, and just saw this. Its crazy to think this problem still hasnt been resolved. If this happened near me there would be outcry and it wouldnt have taken THIS long STILL to resolve. Its a whole web of corruption and its disgusting and not what america stands for
Michelle’s Testimony Is Powerful Yall Need To Get Her In Front Of Congress an Local Government Let them see their handy work in real life consequences!
The first dad did what he was supposed to do. He did his due diligence. The parents cant hold the child back or fail them. That part IS the schools responsibility. The grade fixing has been in practice since ar least 2014, as i know teachers that wrre asked to do this.
To all the commenters judging parents and so much else, PLEASE PLEASE spend some time in west Baltimore-it IS the Wild West-when you are SURROUNDED by a culture from birth of thug life, drug users, drug dealers, EXTREME poverty, violence, CONSTANT theft, COMSTANT crime, education is the FURTHEST thing from people’s minds-mavlovs hierarchy-when you have to worry about sooo many other things AND education is so far from a priority, it’s really difficult to fix ANYTHING!!! Parents can TRY but until they are able to get out of this environment, I don’t know a fix of ANY kind that willl actually work. There ARE people who TRY but it’s soooo hard to not get discouraged-on another hand, there is a certain level of beauty in this area BECAUSE it’s the Wild West. There is a huge love of freedom, a vigilante mentality for all, it’s just something you REALLY need to be in the middle of to BEGIN to understand
This is likely the sad complex reality. It’ll be as hard to convince many of this. And superficially (I don’t mean just racially) this is just a demographic that gets little sympathy.
@28:00 'These kids ain't failing because they can't do it. They're failing because they know they can (fail).' That's precisely the same logic & social psychology that topples functioning societies that morph into pits of welfare-statism (and its the Achilles-heel to ideas like universal basic income).
the father talking about his son needing help in math...uhh.... let me guess....YOU dont know how to do math either SMFH Always looking for someone else to teach your kids something. YOU ARE YOUR CHILDS FIRST TEACHER! What have YOU done to better your child's chances? Nothing.
This is happening all over the United States. The teachers pass the students because they do not want to deal with the behavior and the lack of support from the parents during the next school year. (and) This is a reflection of the District trying to save face for failing data. The knowing how to read write and add starts in elementary school but they took our phonics, 3 line paper and cursive and the new math is too difficult for the parents to understand and the students cannot comprehend the new math curriculum especially the students with learning disabilities...
This is very embarrassing. We are failing the students. Failing as in providing them the opportunity to learn. Yes it's been happening for years but it's time to stop it. This is unacceptable.
Behavior has a lot to do with learning. Parents have to work with teachers to accomplish the best for their child. For parent to say they didnt realize - is BS. If they didnt know - they weren't present & paying attention. Parents are the ones - in the end - that are responsible for their childs development. A teacher with 30+ students, a 3rd that are disruptive, has no chance at teaching. Its just a big baby-sitting scam anymore.
Baltimore City Public Schools rank 24th out of 24 Maryland districts. 58-62% of students are absent every day. Everyone is socially promoted every year so they don't lose funding.
How can your child learn anything, when you as the parent, has a child with 147 absences and tardies? The parents are mostly to blame because they foster a culture and mindset of disrespect of any authority figure and not seeing value in education. The series seem to be making an argument for retention but unfortunately the majority of students who are retained, still perform well below grade level because no one addresses the root cause of why they are far behind in the first place. What’s the point of repeating the same grade if you don’t come to school, complete your work, or lack the desire to learn. I’ve seen dozens of children repeat a grade level in elementary school only to still fail to meet grade level standards.
I can't believe people are so stupid to actually put this in writing. Did they not believe there would be a reckoning one day? Problems started in school systems when everyone started getting awards for just showing up. That has lead to a lot of adults that can't function because they aren't used to having to actually do the work.
Attention , Attention. It's very real everyone. Think about it: Teacher neglect, teacher abuse I went to school in the 1970's were unless you dress the right way, were homogenous looking, were doing well in school these were the kids who got all the damn attention. If you came from a home that was chaotic whos parent was always overwhelmed or depressed like mine was then HEY , what do you expect? For me, I carried that toxicity over from home to school. I felt like a lost cause, that there was no help I looked around & saw how the other kids were flourishing & I felt like I just didn't belong with my fellow classmates. At the time? I just didn't know how to convey what was going on inside of me. The school system failed me.
I absolutely have to drive my car with a cosmetic dent in it. A pristine car looks too 'social climber'. I won't drive with a different color fender, or missing hubcaps, though.
The mother who's son was late or absent everyday is blaming the school system for her failure as a parent. It's a parents responsibility to teach their children routines and responsible habits like going to bed at 9pm so they're well rested and able to get up in the morning. so they can make it to school on time. Irresponsible behaviors are learned. Parents can't wait until 3rd grade to all of a sudden have house rules. There will be push back.
Ryte
Facts
Check the bus services, also paid through school/district funds. How many days did they not have drivers or drivers were late?
Damn white people. 🤣
Those drivers were probably raised just like the failing students.No disciple no responsibility
Late 111 days and Absent 30 days of school? The school year is only 180 days. What is going on in this house? Why is this little one not getting to school on time?
For me I had to take my younger siblings to school/nursery school every day. When I tried to make them get dressed quicker, they whined and started crying, which meant I got the belt. I hated walking in late, so some days I just did not go. I had a single mother who was trying to get us off welfare, working hard for very little money. SO I did not complain and took the embarrassment. In the end out family did well, two of us graduated college and I earned and MSCS degree. But these are different times. Either there is a problem with treatment at school (bullies and/or bad teachers) or treatment at home because a kid playing hooky is a lonely kid (assuming they are not in a gang).
I missed/was late over 100 times one year. It was a lot of things honestly
Parents you hold the role of being your child’s primary educator! Rather than pointing fingers at the district, it's crucial to reflect inward first. Allowing your children to disrespect teachers, confronting schools with disrespect, and limiting disciplinary actions have tied the hands of educators. The ability to effectively guide and discipline students has been restricted, leaving few tools at our disposal. We've reached a point where even basic disciplinary actions like suspensions or recess removal are off the table! There's a dire need for severe consequences for certain actions. Surprisingly, it's the parents and the community who possess more influence than the professionals who are genuinely striving to assist your children. In times past, teachers garnered the utmost respect, but sadly, that seems to have changed. There's a lack of protection for teachers, a situation that has been shaped by the demands and pressures imposed by the community. Now, the consequences of these actions must be faced. Parents, it's time to hold yourselves accountable. Students who have active and supportive parents continue to thrive in their learning journey. That much is certain!"
As a former teacher, I agree 100%. Education and discipline starts at home.
I don't believe they should take recess away from them. IEPs are very important. Kids with adhd need recess. Advocate for your kids and hold them accountable at home.
Ryte he the dad should be teaching at home aswell / no child left behind in my city of Tn maybe it’s all 50 states idk if he fail he be too old and grow frustrated and embrassed and might drop out and do crimes and be dead or in prison let ‘em pass get them up out of school with at least a diploma why not daddy need to get some flash cards and or go to a community center and get help for son if he feel so strong about them not teaching him math good well he do it simple
Well spoken. ❤
You miss the historical conditions that led us here, and why.
Clearly some of these parents never learned the word "parenting" in school. How can you let your child be late or absent 147 days of the year? Intervene! How do you see your child get all D minuses and think everything is fine with his educational progress?!
It's all learned helplessness. The bad parents don't see themselves as the authors of their lives, so don't even try to take control of the situation when something is clearly wrong.
Tell me you’re not raising your children without telling me. If you don’t know what’s happening in your children’s daily lives, don’t know their best friend’s names, don’t know their teachers’ names, don’t know what classes they’re currently taking, don’t attend school events, don’t donate to fundraising, don’t volunteer… damn, do you even talk to them? Yes, the school system is partly to blame, but they’re only able to get away with this because parents aren’t involved. “I’m too busy working 2 or 3 jobs.” Congrats, you’ve set your children up for that same future, resulting in them having to work multiple jobs too, because they only qualify for low paying jobs because you weren’t involved when it mattered. Keep shifting the blame on the schools while McDonald and Walmart CEOs laugh. Or take accountability, get involved, plan better, and lead by example!! And for heaven’s sake, don’t have another child when you’re already doing a piss-poor job with your existing children.
Parents need to be held accountable.
Amen
I agree, but so do teachers and administrators who are willing to falsify documents. That's fraud. There's penalties for fraud on every job. The school system shouldn't be exempt.
What about foster children?
the voters are simply getting what they wanted lol
Amen
What a great report. Congratulations to Fox45 news
I'm a former BCPSS teacher who taught in West Baltimore from 1997 - 2003. I can definitely attest to the self-destructive and overall dysfunctionality of many of the people in the inner city. I family cousins who still live in public housing. Some of them are not motivated to do the work. I thank God for overcoming my shortcomings to get an education and own a home. I grew up in public housing until the age of 9. My mother was a high school dropout and my faher was younger than her. I wasn't supposed to make it, but I knew early on (from watching the Cosby Show in the 1980s) that I wanted to go to college. Many of the kids today simply can't see past tomorrow. A lot of the students and parents had a math phobia. But when the school would offer my services to tutor parents for their GED or my students with their work, few would come.
Genuine question.
Is doing well in school and speaking properly considered "acting white" ?
No.Its acting normal.That is what a student is supposed to do.
@@briangriffin8106 it depends on the dialect. I had a white dialect so I was told I "sound white". But speaking well does not equate to whiteness. Take Denzel Washington. He and his wife speak very well. Better than most white people and when you hear them, you hear black voices. It's about the dialect.
@@chinaarlene7035
Denzel is an outlier. If even 1 out of two were like him....
@@briangriffin8106 you lack experience. If you think Denzel and his wife are the only black people who speak eloquently and still sound black, then you have no exposure. Malcolm X should have showed you that. Who are you?
Excellent video, horrible situation. This is happening all across the US. We need this type of video for Chicago, its just as bad or worse.
Black ppl want the Government to do everything. They consistently vote against school choice but complain about the quality of education.
AND it’s happening in so-called schools that continue to promote their education excellence by graduating majority of students as college or university bound to Ivy League education institutions.
Additionally, there are schools whose teachers’ priorities are to teach students to pass the yearly statewide scholastic tests. However, once graduated, most of those students remain illiterate. Schools across the board ought to be audited otherwise there is a system of theft of taxpayers funds and theft of the education countless numbers of students so deserved.
So now what?
@janebeck6499 hillbilles in red states are doing horrible in school 😂😂😂
How does any parent not know that their child can not read or do basic math? 😢 Thank God I was able to homeschool mine.
Correct
.bcaus da single parent households
r on molly ,x ,weed ,pins n deen,s ,weed or coke ndat watermelon malt liquor
.or are angry ,cussing n moaning ,at work ,boosting or twerking on onlyfans , or at the program getting their methadone
.jus ah few reasons dat i c on the daily
It's unacceptable. None of the parents could get a workbook at the store? Flash cards? A library card? They are accountable as well.
Were you not watching the same thing I watched. These parents are illiterate themselves.
Yeah I tried to rely on the school to teach my kid because I worked more than 40 hours and I would be too exhausted to work with him when I was at home. I was also eating really unhealthy so I was tired all the time. Luckily when the pandemic hit I was able to work from home and went to a 40 hour work week. I started eating healthier and taking vitamins. My stress level went down and I had so much more energy so I started educating my own child. He does have a learning disability and was two grade levels behind but from me just working with him for one month he is now only one grade level behind.
Years ago I saw a documentary on Netflix about the lead poisoning in Baltimore city giving generations EXTREME levels of learning disabilities, slight brain damage etc. I have tried to find it again but can’t. It explains sooo much about this issue along with others in this city. Anyone familiar with this????
I think I remember seeing a news story about that . I’m going to try and find it . That needs to be talked about more
I didn’t see it but I remember at a time a lot of my peers were granted lead checks after winning their judgement
any luck finding it yet?
I have had tearchers quit because after failing students she saw that they were changed to a passing grade.
Fox , please take note that teachers are drained daily. Many students threaten,, talk back, fight and disrupt learning every day. It's pretty sad that many parents get heated with the teacher's, but who is in great support of the learning environment
As a black girl who was always in advanced classes, I often had problems with a lot of my teachers. Can we speak on teachers being discriminatory and racist and biased toward students? Both black and white teachers. Male and female? Yes, lets talk about it. Most of the teachers are ignorant as hell.
@@chinaarlene7035most of the students are even more ignorant.
This isn’t just Baltimore … Anne Arundel county has these issues too. A lot of this has to do with economics and the kids in these communities not being seen as valuable.
O! The children are definitely valuable. There is a considerable check/payment for each child. More when they "pass," or even more when they can IEP them.
The classroom to prison pipeline, has been indoctrinated and play, since desegregation.
It isn’t the prison fault poc don’t take care of their kids. lol.
You haven't realized yet... all the cities have ONE THING IN COMMON: BLUE. you get what you vote for?
The issue is the parents. People are more prone to being dysfunctional in this manner if their parents have no understanding of how to parent.
We are indebted to Chris Papst and Fox45 for this incredible documentary.
The city gave up control of the schools to the state in 97. Since that time, they've been allowed to operate with no supervision. When Ehrlich, tried to do something, Democrats in assembly blocked him. Our schools used to have standards and tough, dedicated teachers.
Ehrlich should have got a camera crew to follow him around City Schools while he put a face to the fleecing of our funds!
The reporter has his sneakers on, in case he needs to RUN. SMART!
The one really responsible are the parents. Why wasn't that first dad aware his kid was that behind? Why are they putting all their parenting responsibility on the "system?" Coming from a shit ass school, the worst enemy of the students who wanted to learn were the shit stirring kids who got no home discipline and dragged the whole class down with them.
Just a thought: Children learn the alphabet, phonics and reading in ELEMENTARY school. By the time you get to middle school and even high school, these things should be fundamental!! Why is anyone just learning to read by ninth grade??😢
Children should know at least the alphabet by the time they go to kindergarten. Many kids are capable of already knowing how to read by then. It is never too early to start reading to kids! A six-month old can get something out of it, even if it’s just the warm, fuzzy feeling of sitting in a caregiver’s lap and associating that feeling with the book in front of them. 😊
Black homes are broken. How do you raise a child all the way to 13 years old and not know he couldn’t read that whole time? Where tf are the parents?
@@Ratgodx It's not just black homes. It poor families. Often single parent households. Poor are often undereducated. Schools funding is based off property taxes. So do the math. Bush era No child left behind policies were supposed to help but haven't really. They used to call it social economic disadvantage. Now they have changed the name to social determinants of health.
I raised two kids by myself on RN salary and it was still difficult. My Son was struggling to read in second grade. The teacher didn't refer him for testing. His pediatrician ordered testing. I had to fight with school to test him. They kept telling me the teacher had to refer him for testing. I told them they were refusing to follow a Dr's order. Eventually they tested him. He had a central processing defect and was referred for reading I interventions.
@@RatgodxThe fathers go in and out whenever they want to and the mothers are resentful and stressed with the kids. The fathers complain about no one treating them right in society while they watch their kids struggle under poverty, have limited nutritious food, and a non existent education. The mothers ignore the radar on good for nothing men and have children with them anyway.
The mothers need to get their shit together and understand no one is coming to save them. They need to stop this expectation that whole governments and organizations are wholly responsible for their children. They must take accountability and plan out their time. The fathers need to zip their pants up and actually support their children and respect the mothers at a baseline level.
Every school system needs to be investigated.
This is happening nationally
Parents.
Please do a follow-up on this story.
Touchy subject that needs to be discussed. Thank you.
This is inexcusable in every way possible and such a multifaceted problem. In consequence it also affects the kids who actually AREN'T failing because they can never actually be sure of their abilities either if EVERYONE is passing.
This falls on the parents. Sadly it’s a cultural/home life/mindset problem. Has nothing to do with being poor or from single parent households.
As far as the schools the entire school board and all in charge must be fired! There is NO reason for these schools to be having the issues they are having with the enormous amount of funding they have!
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What an uninformed thing to say, of course this has to do with poverty. Poverty changes everything about how you live and the choices you have.
@@ReluctantGarbageCollectorUpper middle class black boys go down in social mobility at way higher rates than anyone. Look it up. It’s culture. Oddly enough, upper middle class black girls don’t experience the same effect. Poor black girls tend to stay poor in an unstable life, and same goes for the boys.
@foxBaltimore if you do a follow up story please ask the parents if they participate in voting in their local school board elections. This isn’t a knock but to highlight the importance and reminds Americans that we have power.
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Everyone is blaming the schools and rightfully so but the parents have a hand in this also!!!! How do you not know that your kid missed 140 days of school?? That’s just bad parenting!!!!
NO! 😱😱😮😮The question is, WHY was he marked absent or tardy 147 days?! 😮😮😱😱
Stop blaming the teachers. The parents are the primary educators.
They didn’t blame the teachers, they blamed the administration (leadership). Did you even watch the video before you made this comment?
@@crinklecut3790 black people are strange. good luck being ignorant 24/7.
@@crinklecut3790they could’ve been responding to comments
The same thing going on in New Orleans Public/Charter Schools.... SMDH People if "WE" fail these kids "WE" fail our country!
It’s all inner city schools. Across the country. Education is not seen as valuable. Schools are a war zone, I often call it the wild Wild West. Families and schools need to do better. School is easier than it has ever been, yet kids are failing at a high rate. Teachers are loaded with more paper work, less time to help kids who need it. Stories are very familiar. I’ve been asked to change grades as well, I said “no” I didn’t go to school and learn what I know to pass any and everybody.
This is bigger than the student and the parent! If a kid can miss 111 days and fail every class and the school system(teachers, principals, higher ups) still promote that student, it’s a bigger issue with the system!!!!! Teachers making a salary for failure of students and changing grades, the higher ups demanding they change grades etc! The system is the issue!! The system is stealing and wasting the budget money!!!! This goes to the top of the Baltimore School System
It starts with what’s going on at home.
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THANK YOU, why don’t they see that!!!! It’s mind boggling
This is so upsetting The audacity of every person higher up to say they were unaware is baffling. They've failed multiple generations of students for profit. Disgusting. Incredibly selfish. Someone should be in jail.
I will never understand people who fail as parents and want to blame others
This is not just Baltimore City schools, but Baltimore County as well. Class of 1999. Didn't learn a damn thing in Baltimore County schools.
Stop letting kids have kids!
You don't see the problem, do you?
The schools are a corrupt arm of the Democrat party money laundering machine .
To continue getting their money, the students have to pass .
How? We don’t even talk about sex in schools, just not to do it and that’s it.
Sex talk should start at home and you should have a lot to say besides (just don't do it) . if that is all you have to say than that is exactly why kids should not be having kids.
Old parents can be bad parents too
Birth rates are the lowest ever recorded in the developed world. Nothing you said makes sense. Teen pregnancy is also down and the male virginity and sexless for 1 or more years rate is the highest ever recorded.
Education starts and ends in the home. Don't blame the public school system for you not teaching your child math.
Sounds about right and this all has to do with Federal funding.
Local schools receive less than 3% of funding from the feds
That money made it to the Democrat party.
Social promotion has ruined a lot of peoples ability to obtain a higher education. Sadly, it is happening everywhere. Children need to be held accountable for their actions. I am not sure why the nations school chose to produce incapable graduates. School systems need an overhaul of operations. However, it must start from the top down. By using social promotion, schools produce good percentages of passing students. Numbers are all the higher up people care about, so if numbers are good, nothing is looked into deeply. This must change !
This is what happens when one political party has a monopoly over the city. No penalty for failure
Yes it’s as simple as that-do you understand ANYTHING?!?!? Like this is TRULY the dumbest comment ever! Also, Maryland got a republican governor (who I ADORED) and his response to Baltimores issues were pretty much clear that he didn’t give a shit about the city.., soooo …
I have heard of teachers changing test scores so they get that bonus and funding. (Midwest) state public schools. The NEA has been failing our kids for years. “No child left behind” has made things worse.
This very same thing was highlighted in The Wire. That show aired 20 years ago. Disgusting how nothing has changed in Baltimore.
Right! It could come back on now and pick right back up where it left off!!
Everyone needs to be fired.
Start over
In his book titled Inside American Education PUBLISHED IN 1993, Thomas Sowell details several of the themes covered in this documentary which had been persistent from as early as the 80s. Yet, somehow his voice as a Black conservative has not reached the level of notoriety as other Black authors.
Wow, sad for these kids. This is horrible. These children have a right to learn!!!
You have a right to pay taxes.
The school district has a right to your money .
Students ?
They can just stay stupid .
The important thing is that the money gets laundered .
Teachers get paid, the teachers donate to the Democrats , in the teacher, pay their union dues, and the union supports the Democrat party.
As as a side benefit, the schools are producing more Democrats .
I do not think a kid should pass until they have learned and shown that they are ready to move to the next grade level.😮😢
A kid that can’t read should not be able to go past 2nd grade.
Schools do not give homework anymore in specific area codes.... If homework was given parents could actually help children; hence, parents would know where the extra help is needed. It is not just Baltimore it's happening across Maryland.
Even without hw parents should be teaching their children.
@@misspiscesdreamz that's true and what I'm saying is with homework the parents would know what else the children need to be helped with. Basically the parent would be the tutor... But it is a teacher's job to teach that's what they're getting paid for it's their job.
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THANK YOU!!
He got passed through because the first teacher who tried to hold him back would have gotten the district sued.
There’s a lot of factors: burned out, lazy, unlicensed and crooked teachers, the Every Student Succeeds Act (formerly known as No Child Left Behind), parents who aren’t involved in their children’s education, etc.
I wonder if this could be brought up in federal court.
What do you expect from PUBLIC SCHOOL! it's free so of course it's garbage and it's ran by the us government designed by the nazi party. Only LOSERS send their kids to public school
I am very thankful,grateful and Blessed that I got my education in school and Raised well from god,my parents and My grandmothers 💗❤️💕💝❤️💯🙏🙏🙏
How can you sit on camera with a straight face and say your child was absent or late 147 and blame the school?
Thank you for this segment. I have so much to say about my experience with Baltimore City Public schools, but will refrain from going too deeply. I wish I could talk to this reporter. My education came from a strong determination to learn, but to do that I had to begin pushing past the school system to go to Barnes & Noble on a regular basis. I thank God for the family members I had that pushed for excellence in education. Lord knows it was nearly impossible to learn anything in a classroom full of screaming violent students. Most students came to school to continue what they did the night before in their neighborhoods or on their front porches. Thank you so much for fighting this wicked system. I wish I felt that someone cared enough to fight while I was in school😢
This is what journalism is supposed to be: Speaking truth to power. Thank you, FOX 45. Well done. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Ciara Ford, that’s your fault. Absent and late all those times. You failed your child.
Teachers responsibility is to teach, students responsibility is to learn.
Mom on drugs and dad deceased and child acts out. Yet, it’s the school’s fault. School didn’t help but it’s ultimately not the responsible party.
Yes I agree at my adult age trying to get into different education ventures I always say Baltimore city schools failed me
This isnt limited to Baltimore. My parents taight public school in florida for.years and were forced by their administrators to pass all failing students because of "no child left behind"
58-62% of Baltimore City Public School students are absent/truant on any given dsy. The parents of OVER HALF OF THE STUDENTS can't or won't get their own kids to school.
Great Baltimore documentary! It is sad 😢
The quality of the teaching and the curriculum are awful. It doesn't make a difference if the child sits in the chair in class or not. I wish I could show you all the stupid stuff that teachers gave to all of us in Kindegarten and elementary school. If my parents hadn't been teachers, I'd never have learned to read. Most of my classmates ended up in jail or running drugs. This school system is corrupt. The money has gone somewhere else.
I understand that the Baltimore education system may be flawed. I've seen several of these videos. I have one question. If these parents are aware that the school system is a problem, why don't they also help their kids by doing other activities with them? Especially if a parent knows their child has special needs and needs additional resources.
things can get worse. Can you imagine? Having a home and a book has to be considered a Can Do starting off point, if not--learned helplessness has seeped in.
Im not even from baltimore but i sat down and watched the video of the boy with a 0.13 gpa, the first documentary from two years ago, and just saw this. Its crazy to think this problem still hasnt been resolved. If this happened near me there would be outcry and it wouldnt have taken THIS long STILL to resolve. Its a whole web of corruption and its disgusting and not what america stands for
Michelle’s Testimony Is Powerful Yall Need To Get Her In Front Of Congress an Local Government Let them see their handy work in real life consequences!
Parents of school age children, please leave the city if possible. Your children deserve better opportunities. I wish you all the best! 🙏🏾
The first dad did what he was supposed to do. He did his due diligence. The parents cant hold the child back or fail them. That part IS the schools responsibility.
The grade fixing has been in practice since ar least 2014, as i know teachers that wrre asked to do this.
Schools are a reflection of the community they serve. It's Baltimore...nuff said.
To all the commenters judging parents and so much else, PLEASE PLEASE spend some time in west Baltimore-it IS the Wild West-when you are SURROUNDED by a culture from birth of thug life, drug users, drug dealers, EXTREME poverty, violence, CONSTANT theft, COMSTANT crime, education is the FURTHEST thing from people’s minds-mavlovs hierarchy-when you have to worry about sooo many other things AND education is so far from a priority, it’s really difficult to fix ANYTHING!!! Parents can TRY but until they are able to get out of this environment, I don’t know a fix of ANY kind that willl actually work. There ARE people who TRY but it’s soooo hard to not get discouraged-on another hand, there is a certain level of beauty in this area BECAUSE it’s the Wild West. There is a huge love of freedom, a vigilante mentality for all, it’s just something you REALLY need to be in the middle of to BEGIN to understand
This is likely the sad complex reality. It’ll be as hard to convince many of this. And superficially (I don’t mean just racially) this is just a demographic that gets little sympathy.
Sounds like someone needs to go to jail.
19:17 No problem. They'll just add more deceased children to the enrollment. Easily will cover the legal fees.
They’re making us dumber for a reason.
@28:00 'These kids ain't failing because they can't do it. They're failing because they know they can (fail).'
That's precisely the same logic & social psychology that topples functioning societies that morph into pits of welfare-statism (and its the Achilles-heel to ideas like universal basic income).
Baltimore City schools not driven by providing proper education, but greed.
the father talking about his son needing help in math...uhh.... let me guess....YOU dont know how to do math either SMFH Always looking for someone else to teach your kids something. YOU ARE YOUR CHILDS FIRST TEACHER! What have YOU done to better your child's chances? Nothing.
These people have no proper education. You can just listen to how someone talks and tell what level of education they have.
This is going on in the county too
Be the change you want to see in the world. Be the change you want to see in Baltimore. Get out there and fix Baltimore.
This is happening all over the United States. The teachers pass the students because they do not want to deal with the behavior and the lack of support from the parents during the next school year. (and) This is a reflection of the District trying to save face for failing data. The knowing how to read write and add starts in elementary school but they took our phonics, 3 line paper and cursive and the new math is too difficult for the parents to understand and the students cannot comprehend the new math curriculum especially the students with learning disabilities...
"Not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".... This didn't age well.
An “emotional” learning disability 😂
Or in other words: no interest.
This is heartbreaking 💔
Parents need their child to go back to the Kindergarten level to fill the gap in a childs learning.
This is very embarrassing. We are failing the students. Failing as in providing them the opportunity to learn. Yes it's been happening for years but it's time to stop it. This is unacceptable.
Behavior has a lot to do with learning. Parents have to work with teachers to accomplish the best for their child. For parent to say they didnt realize - is BS. If they didnt know - they weren't present & paying attention. Parents are the ones - in the end - that are responsible for their childs development. A teacher with 30+ students, a 3rd that are disruptive, has no chance at teaching. Its just a big baby-sitting scam anymore.
Baltimore City Public Schools rank 24th out of 24 Maryland districts. 58-62% of students are absent every day. Everyone is socially promoted every year so they don't lose funding.
No wonder why the crime is so bad there
How can your child learn anything, when you as the parent, has a child with 147 absences and tardies? The parents are mostly to blame because they foster a culture and mindset of disrespect of any authority figure and not seeing value in education. The series seem to be making an argument for retention but unfortunately the majority of students who are retained, still perform well below grade level because no one addresses the root cause of why they are far behind in the first place. What’s the point of repeating the same grade if you don’t come to school, complete your work, or lack the desire to learn. I’ve seen dozens of children repeat a grade level in elementary school only to still fail to meet grade level standards.
I said this over 10 years ago but no one was listening! Not parents not community organizations... No one
Why isn't the father tutoring his son in math?
He can’t do it, he doesn’t want to do it, or both. Elementary math is not hard, so the father either doesn’t know how or doesn’t want to.
I can't believe people are so stupid to actually put this in writing. Did they not believe there would be a reckoning one day? Problems started in school systems when everyone started getting awards for just showing up. That has lead to a lot of adults that can't function because they aren't used to having to actually do the work.
Baltimore City schools care little about education. This should be made aware on a national level.
Nothing is Broken, Everything is going to plan.... Your poor Child is supposed to go Hell snd Prison....
Gotta keep them ignorant or they won’t vote for the same people anymore. And a lot of people are making a lot of money off of this failure.
Might want to run that up to the Supreme Court. Louisiana should be investigated too.
Attention , Attention. It's very real everyone. Think about it: Teacher neglect, teacher abuse I went to school in the 1970's were unless you dress the right way, were homogenous looking, were doing well in school these were the kids who got all the damn attention. If you came from a home that was chaotic whos parent was always overwhelmed or depressed like mine was then HEY , what do you expect? For me, I carried that toxicity over from home to school. I felt like a lost cause, that there was no help I looked around & saw how the other kids were flourishing & I felt like I just didn't belong with my fellow classmates. At the time? I just didn't know how to convey what was going on inside of me. The school system failed me.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
Black culture at its best.
I absolutely have to drive my car with a cosmetic dent in it. A pristine car looks too 'social climber'. I won't drive with a different color fender, or missing hubcaps, though.
You will never see anyone with a Yamika on here
They forgot some schools where built on top of graveyards like Katherine Johnson Global Academy & bodies are still under it.
I actually went to that school, Mt Royal is one of the better schools. At least back in my day