Baltimore mother accuses school of falsifying son's report card

[@sandreawhite7534]

Shes an excellent mother. She wants her son educated not just pushed through. She and her son are in my prayers

[@jerrybrickley2115]

He's 18. His education stinks. Why didn't she move to a place with good schools? Like 12 years ago????

[@deadoralivefan12]

I’m a freelance proofreader and I often help students revise academic papers. The plethora of grammatical, punctual, and formatting errors make me think to myself, “How are these people in college?” And here’s the answer. Schools give everyone a pass, whether they perform or not.

[@crimesguy]

@@deadoralivefan12 As a college student in my 30s returning for teaching I'm seeing a lot of this whenever I have group projects with classmates over 10 years younger than me. Future TEACHERS with terrible writing and analytical skills, coming to a classroom near you with inflated GPAs.

[@deadoralivefan12]

@@crimesguyI am also a returning college student pursuing two Bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and English (though I’m 26, so my experience may be somewhat different from yours). I’m telling you, these students can’t even read a syllabus. They get on GroupMe and ask questions that can easily be found on the first page of the syllabus. Not all students are like this and I enjoy reading papers from those who take their education seriously. However, the fact that so many of them clearly got good grades for nothing has me shaking my head.

[@MrGoodeats]

If she wanted her kid educated he wouldn’t be anywhere near the American education system 😂

[@miss_america8643]

Wow! Honest son and mother who truly value education!! I applaud them for calling this out! We need more parents and kids that speak up on these schools!

[@v.m.8472]

What was the mother doing with the student to strengthen his education? Did she create a volunteer activity or require him to find it and report back to her? Did she physically go to his volunteer activity and supervise then log the time he worked? This can be done anytime the student isn’t in school. Why wasn’t this mother more proactive during the gathering of community service hours instead of waiting until the report card came out? If the student feels he isn’t getting a volunteer job, shouldn’t he be the first to initiate the activity? Moral to story. If you have ONE child or fifteen, don’t be too busy to communicate with the school and your child. Don’t expect “the system” to raise your child!

[@jerrybrickley2115]

Wow! She could have moved out of Baltimore instead of complaining. Now she has a dumb son and great press coverage.

[@05bastille]

​@@v.m.8472 did you watch the video? The kid was ill, he wasn't even in school lmao. Why would she have to supervise a kids school progress if he isn't even studying due to medical reasons? Thats like giving a prize for good behaviour to a guy who is dead for 10 years. The whole point was that the kid wasn't in school yet somehow got a report card with full grades and work he didn't and COULDN'T have done. She probably expected the kid to do the work and study whenever he would be health-wise better and capable of doing it, rather than having someone else change his report. You know why she is probably worried too? If someone else connected the dots of child not in school yet still passing with top grades, she would be put on target and they might accuse her of bribery or whatnot.

[@letb5569]

@@05bastille You don't know how long the child was even out of school. The medical excuse was used for 2017, and she didn't mention such a thing for the high school one. She only mention the he had community services hours that he never should have had. That's it! Look, when it comes to raising your child ...it's the parent's job ...not the school's, and if her child is doing his part the school doesn't have to fudge it ...just to get rid of him.

[@southside1975]

@@v.m.8472 You must work for the school

[@tdgdbs1]

I applaud Mom for standing up for her son's future.

[@roshelltannen9698]

What future? He's 18 in high school, and she just now figured out he needs help? Wow. Then people wonder why black children are so far behind. They have terrible parents, and the world applauds them.

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

@@roshelltannen9698you took the words out my mouth 😂😂😂

[@lyssgoddess]

@@roshelltannen9698 no this area is really bad they don’t help you. My neighbor drank Lysol and they didn’t even hold her for suicide at the hospital after drinking BLEACH 🙊🤦‍♀️ there’s not really words to discuss this. I live in DC this entire area is like this. There is no help for anyone. They don’t help you become successful and the adults that need help with anything ur screwed here. The people here don’t wanna do their jobs it happens to me all the time with serious issues like medical care. ❤

[@SummerShandy]

@@roshelltannen9698 exactly! She spoke out in 2017 and 6 years later is still complaining about the same thing. So in 6 years she didn't work to figure out a way to put her son in a better school/position? What has she actually done besides contact the news station? These parents are the WORST and society tells them they're doing a good job because they do the bare minimum. And if you're black and say anything against how they act/parent, then you're bashing. It's disgusting!!

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

​@@roshelltannen9698The future of preparing her child to succeed in life. Great comment as silly as it sounds. Thank God this mother had enough concern to fight for her child genius.

[@ajourney50]

The irony is , this is the kind of parent most teachers want. One that holds their child accountable.

[@mariec3527]

Exactly others would be happy and not even care

[@scorpiocara6798]

Lies if it was then the teachers wouldn't be lying and falsifying report cards

[@Musician837]

​@@scorpiocara6798Doesn't have to be the teachers. Could be the registrars, the district admins, etc. I live in Arkansas. There are 4 teachers in my family and one of the biggest issues besides just not providing enough resources and working 50+ hour work weeks (although this has pretty much always been the case), and particularly a worsening issue is parental involvement and responsibility in their child's education. Less parents showing up for parent teacher conferences. Parents want home school for their kids but many parents don't wanna have to put real effort into that. Parents are mad about curriculum, grades, etc but aren't communicating with their children or aren't meeting their children's educational needs to keep them from struggling. Basically it all comes down to: I want public school teachers to be my child's parent at school but I don't want public school teachers to be my child's parent at school.

[@scorpiocara6798]

@@Musician837 idc they know n r doing nothing...they'll b implicated as well N sure they want parental support as long as it's not going against them n not doing too much Ik how it goes playa

[@albundy5492]

Lol back in 80s maybe

[@SandyMeeshell]

Props to this mother.. Normally parents complain about their kids not deserving a failing grade.. Which is why we have so many kids these days that are entitled and lazy.. So again, props to this Mother 🙌🏽

[@Chasingtails24]

Ditto

[@whisper2284]

This frightening because this is why these kids end up in jail and then released to come out and harm the rest of us. We all have to do something about this!

[@goofygirl1311]

She wants her kid to remain in HS until he's 30? It took years of not prioritizing education to get her kid to this point. She seems to know that service hours, for instance, are a graduation requirement but has done nothing to make sure that her kid do the service hours....or his assignments....or even show up to class. It's a frustrating, no win situation.

[@jerrybrickley2115]

Props for what? She should have picked her ass up and taken her son someplace away from a crap hole like Baltimore and gotten him a good education.

[@doxoxo779]

@@goofygirl1311 ​​⁠ Not prioritizing her son’s education and he still got As. That’s the problem, she’s admitting they didn’t do what they should’ve for him to pass. The school is at fault and sketchy af.

[@TheShooteR28]

That CEO lady is full of sh*t and needs to be fired. The parents need to pull together and fight for her removal. Kudos to the mother for caring about her son's future.

[@DelimiterFrameworks]

What school is this? I’m down to enroll my child there.

[@Plasmastorm73]

@@DelimiterFrameworks He named the school district right in the report. Perhaps you should watch the video.

[@mintoo2cool]

schools don’t have CEOs

[@MudlangenTango]

As Jamie from Mythbusters said, "Well there's your problem" A diversity hire CEO, how much money for her SUV and driver? Answered no questions gave zero fucks.

[@glitter_fart]

we're more than happy to answer questions, just not right now!

[@teaching_dad7924]

This happens more than anyone is willing to believe….

[@ossoduro7794]

Yep, the whole woke EQUITY movement is a big fat LIE.

[@achildsheart4658]

A lot more

[@godbless9563]

Exactly

[@achildsheart4658]

Also foreign students as well

[@lucycan6363]

​@@LotusFlowerslove😮 omg. Who is treating patients in the system? Doctors who were " passed along" in their college classes? Omg!

[@onionbubs386]

My automatic thought upon reading the title was "Oh great, another overbearing mother who thinks their child is perfect" but upon watching this, I can see just how wrong I was. Just goes to show your initial reaction can often be incorrect. I'm proud of her for calling this out.

[@timothyslaughter476]

I remember the good old days when I had to change my report card myself!!!

[@err0r0b0]

lmao

[@s.t.u.c.c_7408]

No lie 😂 , when the teacher left the room

[@timothyslaughter476]

@s.t.u.c.c_7408 From the time I left school till the time I made it home on report card day, I became an honor student. Every quarter....lol!!

[@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@blueblue5427]

😭😭😭I was eating and I almost died 😭😭😂😂

[@kimt1054]

Kudos to that mother for wanting schools to actually prepare children for their future instead of the schools protecting their own financial income and accreditation by falsifying records. Hold the schools accountable!!!

[@danchamberlain6069]

Sometimes principals will "force " a teacher to falsify report cards so that they look better or good .

[@godbless9563]

Yep

[@lydiapresident5291]

FACTS!!! here in Florida too!!!

[@guy-tn2ud]

"Sometimes principals will "force " a teacher to falsify report cards so that they look better or good"... said the cowardly teacher.

[@kmoecub]

@@guy-tn2ud Not all teachers are fortunate enough to have union representation. A corrupt principal can very easily falsify paperwork that will cost a non-union teacher their job and their license. It's also not uncommon for corrupt principals to change the data that a teacher enters, without ever having spoken with the teacher (I've seen that happen in both union and non-union schools).

[@guy-tn2ud]

@@kmoecub Second of all, ever hear of whistle blower job protection or just plain ole bravery? First of all, UNIONS ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. Unions care only about unions.

[@thecopycat7153]

The state needs to conduct an investigation into this mess.

[@David53D]

The state is the mess.

[@freethebirds3578]

@@David53D I left MD in '06, and I won't come back. What was a decent place to grow up is now a nightmare. I feel bad for the families who can't get their kids out of public schools.

[@dizzleslaunsen2372]

You guys really need to understand how harmful “no child left behind “ was and is. It absolutely created sooo much of this fudging of the stats or else the entire school looses funding and all types of other arbitrary punishment.

[@ASmith-jn7kf]

Why do you think the state cares?? They want money too.

[@TheNewbSauce]

Who do you think is behind this....

[@LadyDayK87]

This is happening across the country. Teachers are not allowed to give failing grades, and if the curriculum is too challenging, the teacher is made to dumb it down so that students can pass. Parents are unaware that their children are well below grade level according to district or state assessments because many achieve Honor Roll because of low grading standards. This is a generation that is under educated and unmotivated to succeed academically aided and abetted by America's educational system.

[@KlaudiaShaefferr]

These policies disproportionately affect black children from poor families

[@purple7vi0let]

what happens when these students go off to college? they will be shocked by the amount of effort needed to pass, wouldn't they?! or are you telling me it happens at colleges too!?!

[@LadyDayK87]

@@purple7vi0letwell, many people think college is a scam as tuition has sky rocketed, putting young people in debt in a way that they may never be able to pay off in their lifetime. But yes, this generation will be especially challenged with college courses...hell they don't even know how to read and write cursive or write their own signature because cursive writing was dropped from the curriculum many years ago. 🤨 I always say that no one from this generation could ever be my doctor or lawyer.

[@LadyDayK87]

@@JesusChristIsLord.PraiseGOD. The pandemic broke the educational system. Being shut out of school for almost 2 years downgraded the importance of attendance and caused children to become obsessed and addicted to devices because of remote learning. This caused them to view more inappropriate content along the way so much that students' behavior has become so much more disrespectful and violent towards other students and teachers. Teachers are quitting and retiring in DROVES all over the nation because of this. The attendance of young children in school is at a record low because they can't walk or bring themselves to school. Nowadays education and teachers are not valued like they were not even 5 years ago, let alone 20 or 30 years ago. It's really sad.

[@LadyLithias]

@@LadyDayK87 I would retire in an instant if I could. I live in a very impoverished area and teach high school mathematics. The kids ARE broken. Each year after the Pandemic, the kids are broken in new ways. This years freshmen are utterly unable to work independently or collectively. When told to work on something independently they sit there in suspended animation. They just want teachers to tell them what to put on the paper so that they can pass the class. They don't understand that learning is a verb. They believe that if they do the minimum they'll get by. But copying down notes without engaging the brain is an exercise in futility. The crazy thing is that we educators/math teachers see this issue, and we know that the kids need to be reached in whatever way works. The curriculum we chose is absolutely perfect for the attention-of-a-gnat students - forcing them to work with one another and solve problems as a function of group learning. The school board thinks that we should NOT use the curriculum we want, because "kids need direct instruction." and so they want the type of curriculum that quite clearly is the worst for these kids. I'm 55... they're quoting educational research articles that were published before I was born as their evidence.

[@betsykeller9096]

I can truly say her son will be successful because of the caring advocate of a Mother he has. She has taught him more than the school system ever will.

[@TheCurlyW]

Look at how scared she is. Her corruption is being exposed and it makes her voice tremble.

[@marih3286]

Those school Administrators are probably skimming public funds and pocketing the money.

[@suzz1776]

She is also condescending AF.

[@chamilleleonne]

I l’ve never seen someone act so fake in my life.

[@danysanerd2383]

Yeah the high pitched "We've got a team on that" "She can reach out to us" etc was so seriously fake as fuk fr what a liar she was clearly full of bull ish 😢

[@scorpiocara6798]

​@@chamilleleonneyes yes....this is the comment right here

[@maxinef6654]

They’re just passing them on just to get them out of their class.

[@PoeLemic]

Her son is probably not that smart and is a trouble-making kid, so they just want to get rid of him. I teach, and that's what I would do. Just most parents don't catch-on and are very happy.

[@countryjoe3551]

They are passing them along so they can keep getting the federal money rolling in.

[@letb5569]

@@countryjoe3551 Do you blame them? The school gets punished for failing the kid, and is then forced to past them any way. I mean ....how can a kid pass by going to summer school? It makes no sense that the child can get all they need from a few weeks of school that they couldn't get from 9 months of it. Then there is social promotion and no child left behind ...where if a parent can prove that not all of the three pages worth of modification were address then they child can't be held back. In fact, there is so much red tape around failing a child ...that it's just not worth it. I had always believe that grades should be thrown out. If a child can't do this, this, and this ...then they shouldn't pass and it should be written on your report card as such. It also makes it clearer where the child is failing in the class and what they need help with.

[@Plasmastorm73]

@@PoeLemic Right, just like the other 12,540+ kids that went from failing to passing without doing any work to change their grades. They are ALL troublemakers...people who make assumptions ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

[@juliay4874]

@@PoeLemic lmao youre getting fired 😭

[@peggyg7442]

The woman blowing off the reporter is just "showing up" for her paycheck because she is certainly not earning that paycheck. The mother is showing how much she loves her son, and the people in charge don't care. They're just there to collect a check. Smh

[@lyssgoddess]

This is how people are here they go “I hope you have a fabulous day” “we are trying to help you” I have heard all that before when they denied me medical care living here 😂 NUTS they need to respond that’s wild

[@alicekramden8640]

The woman blowing off the reporter is ensuring that she continues to get a paycheck by giving average and sub par students passing/excellent grades. If one were to investigate, the overall achievement of the students in that school is so inferior that the school would be shut down if it didn’t cheat.

[@bpxl53yewz29]

That is one outstanding mom. She wants her son to earn his diploma, not have it falsified by the school with no real skills. But requiring students to earn 75 community service hours is very unreasonable, especially when courses are demanding and some kids have jobs and other commitments.

[@rhianna871]

We had to have 200 hours of service learning to graduate

[@David53D]

My 2 children completed it and black people can do it also . You are a loser my friend.

[@shirin8609]

That isn't a lot of hours over the course of 4 years. I did the YES Program when I was in school. That was 300 community service hours, of which some limited percentage was allowed to be collecting donations (don't remember exact amount), but the lion's share had to be spending time.

[@avradio0b]

~20 hours per school year is doable. That's about 1-2 nights/month during the school year. Granted, the school should certainly facilitate things for students with other commitments (sports, job, etc.)

[@Flipper86]

Don’t forget there’s school breaks and weekends.

[@lydiadavies6374]

This mom is to be commended.

[@margedeogee8525]

I admire this mother who wants only the very best for her son, and she truly understands that he has to have a REAL education to succeed in life. She wants her son to be educated, have doors opened to him, and keep him off the streets or other negativity he could face. She is brave, and her determination to do right by her son is fantastic. We need more parents like her, and our world would be much better today!

[@juanaboynkin1196]

Schools have been passing kids through for decades. Good to see a parent notice.

[@POTUSBrown]

Been doing it since the being of public education. My momma is 60, and she'll tell you they just passed her on. They are trying to keep poor people down.

[@angelxtasy]

😂 wow this mom is something else. Thank you mom for being real.

[@phoenixgamer1565]

I applaud this mother for speaking out and telling the truth. She should be commended for holding her child accountable. Also, exposing the schools for not educating their students!

[@letb5569]

He is a graduating senior. What she wants is either another year of child support or a free baby sitter. If she is that worried about the community service hours than she will simply have him do them, and only check to make sure some other Child's hours were not falsely given to her son. This is ridiculous and a bit too late to be crying foul

[@amber3868]

I wish more parents were like her. She understands how important it is for kids to actually be pushed, and work for things, instead of lowering standards or just passing for DEI. It just robs these kids in the long run and holds them back for the rest of their life.

[@achildsheart4658]

It’s not about dei. America doesn’t give a damn about education all together. Everywhere in America

[@queenbee4350]

This has nothing to do with DEI. Interesting that that's the first thing you think of. It has to do with not wanting to deal with kids that are not performing and run the risk of being held back which messes with graduation rates. Graduation rates affect a school's accreditation and can lead to an overhaul that can lead to the principal and teachers being fired.

[@lucycan6363]

When the students are not passing it also means reduced financial benefits for the school district. Now that the mom has exposed this, let's hope it is thoroughly investigated

[@nairbvel]

One of my sister's neighbors is a high school teacher in a different county. She was complaining that she is NOT allowed, under ANY circumstances, to fail a student. The worst she can give them is a "D" grade. She has been in a situation where a student handed in a test with none of the questions answered -- literally a zero grade -- and she was told to give the student 20 points because they wrote their name correctly in the designated spot at the top of each page. Our education system is a system for sure... but there's very little educational about it if you're a student in a failing school that the higher-ups want to make look better.

[@CatholicTraditional]

When I was in HS, my district had a policy that students couldn’t get an F unless they got a failure warning ⚠️ on the midterm report. So my good honest 10th grade Geometry teacher gave everyone a failure warning, even to those with As. The failure warning policy was stupid, because you could play hooky for the rest of the term, do no homework, and still get a D-.

[@andrewpatton5114]

@@CatholicTraditional That is ridiculous. When I was in high school, the first unexcused absence was an office detention. A second unexcused absence meant an F in the marking period for every class missed. Ten absences in a semester, excused or not (including suspensions), meant Saturday detention to make up missed instruction. Twelve absences for the semester meant you failed regardless of performance or Saturday detention. It was possible to fail three classes and still graduate on time, and students who missed class due to severe medical conditions could be given an exemption from Phys Ed to allow them to make up more classes so they graduate on time, but they would make kids repeat a grade if needed, even in middle school. I had two kids in my 6th grade class who were repeaters, one of whom became a C student the second time (I don't know how the other did, I only know about the one because I was tutoring him).

[@81redddd]

This happened in Mississippi during corona, a lot of kids were failing because they had to take online classes due to covid restrictions and a lot kids just got passed along. A lot of schools went from f rated to A rated 🤔

[@rickymcdonald2669]

That's a true mother she cares about his future not a worthless piece of paper which he couldn't read. Great mother

[@Plasmastorm73]

Yes! Toilet paper is worth more these days sadly.

[@scottedwards549]

This makes so much sense, this generation is doomed you can already see it when you interact with young people in the work force, then don’t know $hit.

[@PersianPrincess]

Most of them cannot even read past 3rd grade level or above it's ridiculous KZbin doesn't even let me finish all these words

[@dispensecommonsense]

I'm a special ed student with a IEP and education level of grade 5 and know more than most. Life and working teaches you more than school ever will. I really learned many people out in the world are very smart but lack common sense. Education is what you make of it not all of it is critical to success.

[@alexandra-q7u1m]

@@PersianPrincessYou utilize punctuation ?

[@PersianPrincess]

@@dispensecommonsense shu yo bih a up and get you some GD money 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lyssgoddess]

@@alexandra-q7u1mmany people don’t use punctuation when typing on social media because none of us care. lol It’s a single thought that we put down and move on with our life idk why any of u think otherwise 😂

[@Pretty_BlaqGyrl]

This been happening to athletes both on the college and high school levels.

[@ItsTechnicallyMagic]

👀 at UNC and their entirely fake classes to keep their revenue spot (football and men’s basketball) athletes eligible.

[@Plasmastorm73]

So true. It's been happening since the 1970s at least.

[@MrsBurns-xy7np]

I love the guilty voice from the school CEO LOL. She deserves an award for stepping forward as she side stepped all the reporters questions LOL. This is why college is a rude awakening for most kids.

[@snuff2023]

This happened a lot during the pandemic with teachers and students not prepared or suitable for online learning. My sons school ended up giving the kids pass/fails and passed most of them with disgusting grades (my son was one of them).

[@Optimus19572]

I love this mother! I too would be LIVID if someone PASSED my children just because!! NO! That is NOT encouraging the children at all!

[@lisaspencer1057]

What a woman! That’s a good mama right there. Not just a good mom a good person fighting for the kids in our community God bless her. We need 1 million more like her

[@opaqueandbluefrommyphone4339]

This all started with the “no student left behind” movement that happened. Parents were upset because their kids were failing school. The reason a decent chunk of the kids were failing was because they had learning needs that weren’t being addressed. Now it did help to a certain degree with adjusting the curriculum to some of their needs. Buut there’s a nation worth of schools and big cuts made to education spending to fill billionaires and crooked politicians pockets with. And with barely enough funding for a classroom of 35 students to that ONE teacher, theres no wonder why there’s this system doing this just to maintain funding. The school system wouldn’t get the funding they need to educate the kids who are benefiting. Including the special Ed department. The whole national financial system caused the education system to become a black hole where the people who were once forgotten in failure from school are NOW being forgotten in failure of the school educating them but not being responsible for it because they’re doing it to survive as a system. THIS was started by BUSH Jr btw. Which means I can accurately say that having republicans in charge always puts our governmental social systems in jeopardy financially. Hell, dare I say they always drive up our debt? At least the last 3 democrats have pulled us out of debt or close to even. Last 4 republicans drove us into extreme debt during their presidencies. Just saying, you wanna fix the schools, fix the root of the problem. Stop voting for people who will just make the problem worse until there’s nothing left of what you’re trying to fix

[@jant4385]

This was happening way before No Child Left Behind, in the 80s and 90s several schools had graduating seniors reading on a 3rd grade level. They don't care.

[@cutthechicken194]

Agree 👍🏽

[@tpolutts3309]

It's funny you think this started with Bush Jr. I know it fits the narrative you wanted to spiel but it has been bad for decades. No child left behind was just a bandaid placed three inches about a cut.

[@nancy9478]

No politician fixes an damn thing. Parents need to stop relying on the govt and start holding school boards accountable.

[@mandisaw]

@@jant4385Only in some states/districts - schools are managed at the State & Local level, No Child just exacerbated & spread around a problem that had been localized. But yes, there have always been some shitty schools.

[@dashcamandy2242]

School "CEO" says, "Reach out to that department that doesn't respond to phone calls if you'd like to ask about it." Well, at least we know she scored an A+ in Passing The Buck! Bless Ms. Harrison for demanding better, and for involving the media in this pursuit. More parents need to stand up and INSIST that the educational system prepare their children for the Real World. Baltimore has plenty of problems to work on, as do many other cities and towns; failing school systems will only exacerbate their current problems. I live in a small Connecticut town of 3,400 residents; last year it was revealed that only TWO sixth graders could read, write, or perform arithmetic at their grade level; all others were remedial at best. There was such a community outcry from the parents that the town hall meeting following that revelation lasted several hours longer than scheduled because EVERY parent was up in arms about it and wanted to speak about it. I don't care what messaging we're being force-fed from various governmental talking heads - parents DO have a say in what goes on in the classroom, and have every right to INSIST that their grievances be addressed IMMEDIATELY. I'm old enough to remember everyone quoting Whitney Houston: "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way." Today's children will be the ones responsible for running our nation in the years to come, it is imperative that we educate them and give them the tools they need to be successful in life.

[@gilbertclement5427]

I love this mother. I hope this son realizes how strong this woman is. Honesty before lies. Work before rest. And Baltimore you are failing in all subjects.

[@Youre-Welcome]

If kids had mothers like this woman, we'd see a lot more accountability and success from all children! Ms Harrison is a hero.

[@alcd6333]

I'm proud of this woman: standing up for her son and being open and honest. The school administrators deliberately "pass" students so they can report positive results and avoid being terminated. They don't care about the students' future, only about saving their hides.

[@goofygirl1311]

If the administrators flunked them out and put them on academic withdrawal for not showing up to class, would that be better? It seems as though these kids are being provided the opportunity for an education but are squandering it and the parents are watching them do it. Why should a teacher or administrator lose their job over something that they have zero control over?

[@manuelalaniz7639]

It's government funding. That's what the administration cares about, their paycheck.​@goofygirl1311

[@andrewpatton5114]

@@goofygirl1311 There was a girl in the year behind me who missed several weeks of school because she was injured in a bus accident. She had to reconfigure her classes in order to graduate on time, because that entire semester was a total loss after the time she spent in the hospital. Thankfully, we were on a semester system, so she already passed half the classes for the year before the accident; if we weren't on a semester system, she would've had to repeat the grade. And yes, it sucks to have to repeat a grade for circumstances beyond your control like a hospitalization, but that means they get to finish their education, albeit a year or two later than planned, rather than dropping out because of a medical condition.

[@jennibrim]

Give this mom her flowers!! I wish more parents were like her. As an educator we often encouraged to grade on a curve and follow all these “guidelines” but it’s not in true validity. These students catch on (like her son) and do the minimum knowing they’ll pass. It just sucks because that’s not how the real world works.

[@NativeAmericanSwag]

Now why is the mayor not involved in this? People need to be held accountable because of this and fired! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@marionwoodward5186]

So technically you can graduate high school a honor student without ever going. That sounds like falsifying records and collecting government taxpayer illegally.😮

[@lindamiller48]

This is all thanks to no child left behind. Kids graduate just because they show up to class. As a professor in English I have had more kids come to class that never read a book until my class. Some kids never do an assignment but come to class. When they fail, I get a call from the student who explains he never missed a class. I respond I have nothing to grade, you haven't done any assignments. It's heartbreaking

[@yvettestanford5482]

Unfortunately the educational system has a major crisis on its hands. My sister is a Special Ed teacher and often speaks about IEPs and how there are teachers who are causing her job to be extremely difficult because of their delay (procrastination) to put together their lesson plans. Also, most students shuffled her way shouldn't be consider for IEPs but there are teachers who fail to teach them accordingly or accommodate the student. We often have discussions about todays kids especially those who enter 1st year of college and not being prepared when they think that they are. It's a rude awakening and results in them dealing with emotional setbacks like anxiety and depression. I am a parent of two and have questioned them numerous of times about homework, papers, essays and so forth because I recall the amount of time and effort it took me to complete a math equation on several papers and having to construct a 5 or more page paper. Of course, I am not naïve that this is an entirely different generation and people learn differently but with 2 currently in college its a wake call for them both. I understand the use of technology but it seems like kids today are to reliant of those things and it takes away the work ethic and certain skills that contribute to overall learning. Basically anything worth having such as a college education with a degree requires much effort and it will not be easy, it should be challenging to ensure that you are getting your money's worth as well.

[@godbless9563]

Yep just show up so we can get paid.

[@enrickadillman2768]

"...come to class *who* *have* never read a book...". Words fail me.

[@spacedaze1860]

Its really irritating if you’re a student in a class where the professor has clearly watered it down and has no passion about what they are teaching because of lack of student engagement, but you were actually interested in that class and are paying thousands to take it…

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

who was the asshole that invented that law?

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

Falsifying good grades is NOT going to help these kids in the future. When they make it to college and don’t know any of the basics they are expected to already know, they are going to struggle so much. It’s not fair to them.

[@Name..........]

Coming from a college student they teach you the basics in college. Everything I've been taught for my bachelor's of science is something I've seen and been taught before

[@tiffanykennedy5865]

Happening all over the country!

[@joestueckrath5275]

I’m proud of this mother she’s honest and wants her son learn the right way .

[@robertcarey6028]

The school CEO sounded so nervous and phoney. Her voice was so high pitch as she tried to run out of there and hide.

[@learnmusic6510]

What a shame kids are robbed of an education, they will suffer the consequences, not the ones that stole from them…..

[@caseyhill636]

That “administrator” is disgusting. I feel for the kids that are suffering because of things like this 😢

[@Plasmastorm73]

She's NOT an administrator, she's a CEO. Maryland needs to stop treating schools like a business and turn them BACK into schools.

[@KC-nd7nt]

Poisoning their own people

[@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND]

Yours too!

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

I'm 50+ and they did something similar to me way back in my HS. I didn't attend classes and didn't do the work, but only ONE teacher ever made a point of punishing me for it.

[@JustMe-px9qy]

I love this mom. ❤️

[@jesseostone386]

Way to go, Mom! Having your boy’s best interests in mind is very admirable!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@JS-bn4vx]

Politicians and leaders should not being able to walk away like that. They need to answer to the people. If not, replace them with someone who actually cares and isn’t in it for the money.

[@KenTrosper]

This is what happens when funding is tied to how well the students do.

[@maxwellblackwell5045]

Massive respect to this woman for caring! She wants him to succeed and know education is the way.

[@camelfilters3224]

They took "no kid left behind" literally.

[@gwenna1161]

stuff like this is happening everywhere. my sons school wanted to pass him to the next grade even though he had failed 2 classes on a year he decided to slack. he was and AB student that just knew he didnt have to turn in his work. I had to fight to hold him back. He was shocked and knew I wasnt going to sit with him for slacking. the next year he went back to A's and B's. problem solved. I also discovered a friends 10th grade son could barely read at 5th grade level. without naming him I wrote a very damning letter to his school expressing my disgust they were just pushing these kids through. I also had a conversation with my friends about it and they were embarrassed but took action with him and the school. our public schools need to be held to account but most of parents like this woman needs to stand up for their childrens education or fail in life.

[@jimmymiller77]

This mother deservs the Nobel Prize. She is stnading up for all the others that are afarid or just won't stand up. God Bless You. Jim

[@ianbelletti6241]

This is appalling. Everyone that signed off on these changes should be fired or in jail. I suspect that the few good teachers are under durress in those schools.

[@princessmeis]

Kudos mom! They’re dumbing down our children! Don’t let them!

[@johnsonfrance2616]

A mother who loves her son and expects the best for him.

[@na195097]

Not in MD, but schools are only concerned about assessment test scores. They coach them on passing those tests and not much else. Kids aren't being educated, they're being trained to pass a arbitrary test.

[@numbaonebarbers250]

Witnessed this in Philly in 92😢

[@delectable288]

What an amazing mother and human with integrity. I wish more parents were as responsible and involved in their kids school life. I hope she gets the help she is looking for and more importantly her child gets an education to prepare him for the world and life ahead of him. Bravo Mom ❤

[@aj-2savage896]

Look at the subjects he took. That's the problem, too.

[@shawntricewms]

I was wondering where are the fundamentals besides the arts

[@zerotodona1495]

@@shawntricewmsthere’s literally no classes. Even in 09 I had 7-8 classes a day and earned all my grades.

[@jam1701]

This is why I never sent my kids to a government school.

[@hughtrotman2212]

This mother has the right to complain. Suppose now the school realized they made the error and they wanted to change it? That means he would have to do this all over again. So unfair and so not right

[@rogerlonghorn2425]

She isn't as good of a mother as people are giving her credit for. She says her son hasn't earned the accolades but has done nothing to help her son earn those accolades in the first place. Sounds like she is as lazy about her son's education as the school system is.

[@tazzy2370]

Unfortunately this been going on for years! I’m over 40 and it was going on then. They use to skip kids to higher grades due their age not because they passed. Smh

[@alicekramden8640]

So true. If you had too many 18 year olds left back due to poor grades it would be a blemish on the teachers in that school - so they pushed them through to thwart any investigation.

[@johnroscoe2406]

Really? I'm going to be 41 next month and I had plenty of teachers who had no problem giving me failing and D marks when I deserved them. I even had to repeat 7th grade. This may not be "new" but it in no way was anywhere near as common in our day as it has been recently.

[@tazzy2370]

@@johnroscoe2406 I can honestly say that when I was in middle school some other kids got moved to a higher grade because of their age. I want say all but I know some kids that did

[@Plasmastorm73]

@@johnroscoe2406 I'm 50 and saw it in the Oregon school system. ESPECIALLY if you were a student athlete.

[@johnroscoe2406]

@@Plasmastorm73 but that's always been its own separate issue

[@ConsciencepartyUSA]

Why does this remind me of kids getting trophies for just participating but not for winning?

[@ChristianHernandez-cs2mu]

That is what a great mom looks like. So many people would take the grades or not show any interest, but she wants to make sure her son is prepared for the future and not just be a drain for the system. Solid parenting. People should learn from her.

[@greatsmiles]

Good for you mom!! Your honesty is refreshing and much needed. Much love

[@Chele_B_Review]

These are things that caused many of us Homeschool. Parents/communities should start making inquires when they see whole classrooms passing but no one can read/write/do basic math w/o a calculator. Our families buy books & other ed tools, have required reading, and test our students. Knowledge is Powere.

[@joehartley6661]

Refreshing to see a parent who holds the system and her son responsible

[@DBAllen]

It's called ethics and integrity folks, and she's got them both.

[@scotthayka]

When my daughter was in elementary and jr high school going to a private school she would come home and have 3-4 hours of homework a night, the kids getting off the bus that went to the public schools wouldn't even have backpacks or books with them. In High School (public) my daughter finished all the graduation requirements for an honors diploma easily in two years and then took all college classes for the last two years at a nearby community college. The public schools have definitely changed, it was a completely different experience than what I went through in the 70's and 80's.

[@MF-ty2zn1]

It's to keep the school ranking high, so it looks like the school is good, which affects real estate prices.

[@less5406]

This is nothing new...I graduated in 1986 and watched underperforming kids get passed along all the time. The new thing is a parent actually giving a crap.

[@Tker1970]

I remember stories when Covid hit and remote learning started. Parents were shocked at how far behind their kids were. We can debate whether or not they should have known, but the point is these kids were being pushed through the system without the basics they would need to survive and make a living. In many cases-without anyone knowing.

[@nickhyslop5743]

This goes on in a lot of under performing public schools. Teachers care more about playing with kids than teaching them. Then they have to over inflate their scores to cover for failures

[@United-States-of-Africa]

Same happened to me in usa. I attended college and failed all first semester. 2nd semester I dropped out. I wasn't prepared.

[@Nyx0npaws]

Oh my dears... Little do you know. One if you needs to get a job at any school and see what's truly going on. You'd not believe your eyes

[@lindalehmer4699]

That's a good Momma! Keep up the good fight!

[@donnam5060]

That school ceo is expert in saying absolutely nothing. She didn't answer a damn thing. Needs to be put under oath and answer under penalty of perjury. Im sure They're like other school systems, they don't get money if students don't get good grades, so they put the grades on paper no matter what.

[@roosatlgany7622]

This is racism and bigotry. Don't teach Blacks, instead keep them proud and stupid.😢 Kudos to this mother.

[@vhagerty]

It's happening across the board, not just to blacks. It seems states don't care anymore about teaching children how to function. All they care about is churning out graduates to receive funding.

[@sparkedperspective]

Baltimore county is also guilty of this too “No child left behind”

[@DEE-o4v]

God Bless that mother. That son has NO idea how lucky he is to have a Mom like that.

[@shirleyhenry-vf5ox]

Proud of Mom. Thankful her son is honest to let his Mom be aware that he did NOT satisfy requirements.

[@mrsleep0000]

I've worked at an urban school that was 90% black, kids would graduate being functionally illiterate because they would just pass them along to make the numbers look good.

[@anuday2022]

Yeah, right sure, you did

[@RedBroski]

Great on her for speaking up. Schools get away with a lot of shady stuff. When I was in 9th grade, my mom was going to sue my school and they deleted all of my student records so that she couldn't prove I was ever a student there. Luckily I had transcripts printed beforehand. Moved to a different school. But I think about that a lot.

[@dhizzle8639]

You mean to tell me that the little heathens roaming the street and causing trouble are not straight A students? This is why the city is falling apart, its run by ppl who received these easy A's.

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

What she means to say is "you're free to have any questions you have be blown off by us!"

[@emmajones7492]

School administrator sounds like a politician.

[@mikeyh0]

First, that requirement of so many hours working in the community is bogus. The rest is pure fraud. And who is it defrauding? The student.

[@jonavantour9856]

This happened at a college I attended online that was based in Ohio. I would check my work and grades, and almost daily I would see a grade drop, and then raise and then drop again. I reached out the the professors involved (it was happening jn over half my classes) and the answer I got was “ we are playing with the grades we will be done In a week. For almost a solid year the grades did not reflecting my actual knowledge level.

[@thystaff742]

The real problem here is this young man doesn't have a father figure helping him. If he did his grades would be better.

[@jpsmusicandmore5457]

Great mother. Terrible school admins

[@hahadarrie]

They most likely graded him on the work he turned in and did not penalize him for the work he did not complete due to his medical condition.

[@brownbarrett6842]

Personally I do not depend on the school system to teach my son. He has daily after school programs (coding, math, Spanish and chess), his summer camp is at a museum, I make sure to take him to educational day trips on a regular basis, we talk about history and watch documentaries together. He is 9 and I work 50 hours or more a week. There is only so much the schools can and are willing to do with 25-30 kids in a room. Here is the sad part- if you live in an area that doesn’t pay a lot of taxes with religious buildings sucking the community dry on every other block because not only do they not pay taxes they still get breaks like PPP loans it’s even worse. Parents pour into your children or move to a better school district. Those are the hard facts. It takes years for real changes to make a difference and most parents aren’t willing to put that type of time, effort and fight in.

[@HollieHolliewood]

You live in a delusion. Most of these parents are a product of the same inequities in education that their kids are now victims of. They themselves can't read, write nor do math at college level let alone teach their children to do as such. There are one offs, anomalies to this, but that's not what our tax dollars are meant to speak to. It's the inequities. The kids who fall in the gaps. These public schools receive multi million dollar budgets. The fiduciary responsibility lies with who we entrust these monies with. These kids are in school for 8 hours a day. That's more than enough time for children to learn how to read, write and perform math at grade level. We're not talking rocket science nor foreign languages. We're talking BASIC reading and writing. Elementary teachers are to teach basic fundamentals of learning, reinforce what's taught via homework and reflect the successful completion of assignments and testing through progress reports. A teacher who falsifies grades is doing so to cover up what they aren't doing and can't be bothered with doing which is teaching and grading. You receive a gold star for your beautiful efforts but realistically speaking, most parents in low income communities can not afford the time nor resources you've mentioned. How are you so ignorant to this? I'm aware that it's possible but I'm curious as to why.

[@1shaymocha]

That would require Accountability for your OWN child, children, life, education, choices 🙄 . It's not easy but one has to be willing to put in the work... in yourself. Yeah I know ppl get paid to do a job but as we all know, not everyone does the job well or even feel bad about taking short cuts. End of the day, I'm investing in MY own child. Even if it's just my time ⏲️. Read 📚, make up homework, etc

[@brownbarrett6842]

@@1shaymocha 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Everything you said it 100% on point

[@jamesharner2687]

Lucky young man to have such a great mom! He should be very proud!