Month: September 2016

Where is the Black community educationally at this time?
You may or may not be familiar with The Common Core Standards for Grades K-12. These standards are set, to show, what a child has learned at the completion of every grade, by testing. It is only for English, Language Arts and Mathematics because they are college preparatory subjects. This method is a State accepted or refused option. At this time at least 42 States have instituted the Standard. It is not a method of teaching a subject so your child can build on what was learned from the previous grade. Teaching methods are left up to the individual school, to accomplish the results asked for to meet requirements. A child learns the alphabet to form and read words and builds on that to form sentences to communicate a thought or tell a story, or read books, etc. Mathematics is similar, because it builds on previous lessons. If a lesson is missed and or not understood a child will fall behind and not understand the following lesson. When this happens, the struggle begins.
If a child can stay current in their class work, they will have very few problems. There is always at least one subject, a child may have a problem with, and may need to spend more time on. Your child’s report card is an important document, to inform you of their progress or problems. Our children are the future of our people and education is the key to advancement.