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ThyBlackMan.com) As you may be aware, as noted in one of my prior essays, some of the oldest mathematical artifacts including the Ishango bone and a piece of baboon fibula with 29 notches, dated 35,000 BC found in the mountains between South Africa and Swaziland are preeminently recognized as documenting the existence of math prior to the establishment of Europe. Now some were disturbed that I accurately stated that Euclid was born in
Africa and was of African origin but that is beside the point. My current concern is that this direction in pedagogy that purports by inuendo that math is bad, that black people are bad at math and ergo math is a racist construct is in a simple form ridiculous.
Maryland taxpayers foot $365,000 salary for Baltimore administrators implicated in school grading scandal Print this article
An apology from the Baltimore City School Board president and its CEO this week over allegations a high school passed hundreds of failing students seemed to hit all the right notes.
But a deeper dive shows that even though the administrators admitted they knew about the grading irregularities at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts two years ago and replaced the principal, she continued to collect a six-figure salary paid in full by Maryland taxpayers.
According to online records, Tracy Hicks, who had been the principal of the West Baltimore school for nearly a decade, retired this January. However, she collected a paycheck for 17 months after allegations of grading irregularities and truancy cover-ups surfaced.
Baltimore school leaders address failing school controversy but sidestep specifics Print this article
Baltimore City school leaders offered an apology Tuesday night following a bombshell report that an area high school had promoted hundreds of students with failing grades and high truancy records.
However, the comments made at the meeting by School Board President Linda Chinnea and Baltimore City School CEO Sonja Santelises prompted more questions than answers.
Chinnea did not provide details about the grading issue at the Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts but called the situation painful and unacceptable.
She added that she was aware of significant shortcomings by school staff three years ago. She also claimed the school district acted immediately and had conducted routine audits, selected a new principal, and has been working with students to make up lost credits.
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