Why Chicago's Public School System Is Broken [Inside Chicago, Part 2]

Black and Latino students are suffering the most from the inequity in Chicago's public schools. Why is that?
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[@shananagans5]

I have been a psychologist for 19 years now & I tell you, the fastest way to strip someone of motivation is to give them stuff & tell them it's someone else's responsibility to fix their situation. That's exactly what Democrats in Chicago have been doing for generations.

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

Yup.

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

shananagans5 - Where did you graduate?

[@jonathanramirez232]

James Celts do you have a high school diploma?

[@tabiripetrovich517]

well the USA is using this technique everywhere in the world. good to know that they are messing up their iwn schools and nation with the same principles. yuk. the most disgusting people are the yenks.

[@MECX3490]

It is just a plain human fact! No or low expectation of results humans tend to lose their ability or motivation to succeed or strive...I grew up in a very poor area in the south in the ‘70’s & ‘80’s...all kids were expected to participate in school and the parents supported the school district! NO EXCUSES WERE NOT ACCEPTED!

[@BinaryTechnique]

Chicago Public Schools are so bad that I didn't have a math teacher for the whole 8th grade. We literally just sat there an goofed around

[@hassanigourna]

but do they have computers?

[@Osorio111]

Layla Hassan if they can't afford a math teacher then they can't afford computers

[@peter9274]

Binary-Technique you serious? So were there any adult supervision at all?

[@chaparritajen]

sounds a little like LAUSD with 90% of Latino kids... I didn't have a biology teacher for the entire 9th grade.... with different substitute teachers coming in and out....

[@chaparritajen]

Yes, I have no doubt about it... Public schools are failing through out American especially if the schools demographics are predominantly colored low income kids.....

[@flakgun153]

This is one of the most expensive school districts in the entire country. Your problem isn't a lack of funding. It's corruption

[@MondoBeno]

This is a problem in NYC, Philly, DC, Newark, everywhere in the USA. Kids are pushed to apply for college, but they can barely write a sentence. I saw a whole grade of seniors where only ten of them could get themselves up for school, do a research paper, or write an essay.

[@user-th4rf8yl9v]

i can write a basic sentence in Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish portuguese afrikaans xhosa and zulu my dream job is to work for the International Criminal Court they ask for a political science degree 4 years of experience and knowledge of the six un languages Arabic Chinese English French russian and spanish I do have such a education

[@yaimavol]

Less than 10% of black children in America that come from a 2 parent family live below the poverty line. There's your answer.

[@debigodsey6481]

yaimavol it has nothing to do with poverty. Sorry.

[@marvange2498]

Knot really it helps greatly but you can't stop a child of today that want to learn . Most kid today have the internet at the palm of there hands an yes black kid have they same phones you can learn anything you want to learn good or bad sad to say some kids are born bad .and some are taught bad behaver. But seen kids from the best familys mom and dad that really loved ,supported them ,become thugs .. in the black community thugs are worshipped.good or bad Civil rights leaders are worshipped .that's one of there biggest problems not whitey because whitey want them to do good because when blacks do well we all are going to do well ..

[@chelseakevorkian4998]

Marv Ange You mussed the point that NO, “most” may be YOUR reality. Don’t speak on other peoples’.

[@marvange2498]

@@chelseakevorkian4998 isnt that what your doing . Am of mixed race.

[@tpj1959]

They gloss over the real problem and we have to listen to B.S. over and over again.

[@123..0.]

It's not the school that's broken. It's the students. Look at their community. They can't take care of anything. Locust

[@redshogun2838]

Repeat after me: BLAME THE WHITE PEOPLE!

[@shauncameron8390]

The real problem are the parents of those students and the community that raised them.

[@TheDarkKnight1809]

Yes, it is the schools that are broken many of these schools don't have the resources to help many of these children many of the teachers try to help or some others don't bother, which is why so many unfortunately become a statistic in our societies. Also the next messed up thing is that many schools don't get any money you know where schools get money SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT schools which gives the students their a greater advantage to achieve to thrive learning some of the other neighborhood schools to suffer along with their communties as well.

[@jonathanramirez232]

Red Shogun yea blame whites but yourself right? you had noting to do with your shortcomings, it was all the whites fault correct? I bet it’s so refreshing knowing that you have a group of people to blame when something goes to shit in your life.

[@meab12]

@@jonathanramirez232 he's being sarcastic...

[@andrewwilson3034]

The first comment on this video paraphrase ''I been to school for 13 years and never read a book'' how is that at all possible?

[@andrewwilson3034]

Slipping through the cracks? His name is Troy LaRaviere he was a school Principle How can someone become a school Principle if they never read a book in the whole thirteen years they were at school. Is that one of the reasons your schools are so bad?

[@hassanigourna]

1. The word is principal. 2. It's evident that's he's read books and obviously invested a lot of time in his education beyond the secondary level.

[@gelbsucht947]

Andrew Wilson if you can read, there‘s nothing stopping you from reading a book outside of school. .

[@tonynyc7709]

You teach yourself. I couldn't read until I was 12. One day I picked up a book based on one of my favorite films which sparked my interest. It was very difficult for many years but I eventually learned how to read and write well. It's possible but a very long and hard road, I was still catching up an an undergrad until I felt I was on an even playing field (academically).

[@MrSh4des]

Andrew Wilson sounds like a personal problem.

[@jackdorsey8902]

Well i come from castellanos elementary school in little village, and out of 5 teachers, only one cared about me, the math teacher. Most of the kids did ZERO work and just talked all day and started fights, i persevered and im going to lane tech this upcoming school year, 19-18, wish me luck.

[@lauralampkins9312]

. poo

[@bay_leaf1510]

elDino SuarioDuro Went to the same school, I wish you the best of luck, my friend.

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

Jack Dorsey--it’s been a year--how are your studies?

[@jackdorsey8902]

@@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS its been a year now, I randomly rewatched this video and found this comment; my studies are doing great. I'm on the honor roll and take difficult classes. This school has been very good to me and has provided me with opportunities I would not have had if I had gone to my neighborhood school.

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

@@jackdorsey8902 congratulations sir! Keep up the good work and the only advice I would offer you is not to make the same mistake I and so many others did. That is, when it comes to higher education, learn a valuable trade that you can actually find a decent job with afterward. That is, medicine, engineering, your choice. . I made that mistake back in the 80s. And while I eventually did find happy Gainful employment, it had nothing to do with what I studied in college. Go forth and prosper!

[@bobjack1753]

Parent not involved in their child's school life. Noticed I wrote "parent?" That's the real problem that most people refuse to acknowlege.

[@shauncameron8390]

No one wants to come off as misogynist.

[@brysonrowden5322]

Yes Clinton crime bill and the war on drugs. Mass incarcerating many black men for petty nonsense.

[@adianpryde1526]

Population of the US 328 million. 13% AA = over 40 million at least half male. 2.5 million prisoners in Federal and State prisons (not all black with Latinos, Asians, and whites among that number). So say 1.5 million black men in prison. Where are the other 18.5 million? 27% of AA households do have a father in the house and less than 10% of those households live below the poverty line. So over 1/4th are marrying the women they have children with, what about the other 13 million? The war on drugs is the worst domestic policy we currently have but the math still doesn't add up that mass incarceration is the explanation for the absence of black fathers in the home.

[@robertmasina4610]

@Adian Add to it illegitimacy is the norm in black culture, it's never been a stigma.

[@youtubewatcher-mv9ft]

My child are being raised with both mom and dad and still assaulted . So what now the schools get to get away with it . Comments like yours there’s a god you will be punished

[@epmike123]

As an immigrant this is very confusing to me. I came to this country when I was 8 not knowing the language. For the first three years of my life my brother and I attended an elementary Chicago public school. There we learned to speak English, we learned US History, science and math. Because of the hours my parents had to work and a slight language barrier our parents were only able to help us with math problems. The rest we had to figure out or stay after school for help. I say this because my case is nothing special. Immigrants do this all the time. So why can't people who are born here do it? Also, keep in mind that we did not have the internet during this period of time.

[@shawnsears7590]

*"...we did not have the internet during this period of time."* *Things have changed since you left school.*

[@epmike123]

@@shawnsears7590 My point exactly. It is easier than ever to get answers to questions and reach out for help. The kids are just too lazy.

[@helgahamster790]

I came to Chicago 1979, I was 19 and had no high school diploma.First I learned English by watching soaps. Sandford and Son, I love Lucy, The Jeffersons ( Moving on up) The Brady Bunch , Archie Bunker......Then I went to nightclass and got my GED 1980. The class was at a strange neighborhood !!!( 49. and Cottage Grove, close to the El station) . Next I got a job at the 1980 census as an enumerator, than downtown at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The Hotel Copy center, standing at a copy machine 8- 10 hours making Photo Copies for minimum wage .I did this for 1 1/2 years. I took the college Entrance Exam, passed. I took the English as a second language exam and passed. I started full time at UIC Center and got a Bachelor of Science in1986. Nobody helped me, nobody supported or encouraged me. I worked throughout my whole college time part time and had to take student loans. I payed back my student loans on time and worked in my profession since than. I am an Occupational Therapist. After I finished at UIC ,I applied for a job at 6 different hospitals, 5 offered me a position. I never went back for a master because I did not want to have more student loans to pay back. One thing I did before I started to study, was to research at the Chicago public Library what health care professions had good job opportunities. I did not want to choose a field of study and end up not being able to find a job .I would still have to pay back my student loans. Back than there was no Internet, every time You want to look up something, You had to actually go to the library. During the day at UIC, You allways have most of Your heavy books with You so between lectures You can do Your studying and reading assignments .Still, I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@raymondj8768]

bravo for your hard work you have to want to learn and not want to be a drug dealing rap star thats not the american dream education and working hard to get stuff is the dream !

[@cafeta]

the key is you had your mother and father pushing you to succeed!, your parent gave you values and rules to fallow... btw I went to high school in the mid '90s so no internet either :)

[@dqr89]

Take it from me a CPS grad the school system in Chicago is complete TRASH!

[@dethica]

I wouldnt go that far. I know plenty of CPS grads who went on to decent schools, and then became lawyers, bankers, and business professionals. A good chunk of it is what you make of the CPS education, how you avail opportunities, strong parenting (parents who demand educational achievement). While I'm with you that the CPS needs serious reform and funding, we also need to teach a desire for educational attainment.

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

Most of these kids like the upper crust ones in NYC, went to PRIVATE schools.

[@FranciscoHernandez-tc5bz]

Everything starts at “HOME” with “BOTH” parents.

[@robertpreskop4425]

Francisco Hernandez THANK YOU!

[@Teadon86]

Both parents? Ooof. That's going to be tough for Blacks since more than 75% live in separated households.

[@954made3]

Wrong asf

[@carolynngockel3670]

I know a lot of single parents--moms and dads--not in that situation by choice. But your point is taken: the parents have to care. Chicago school choice means that parents who care can get their kids into an environment where all the parents are involved. Those schools do well, no matter the poverty level, and Chicago has a lot of "break out schools" (i.e., those that do better than poverty level would indicate) because of that.

[@relaxationstation7374]

These are exactly the same people that strong, totally independent black women have spent 50 plus years completely falsely claiming that they can raise better all by themselves without a man.

[@dethica]

Take it from a CPS alumn who is now a banker, the education system is what you make of it. I know plenty of CPS grads who went on to decent colleges, did post-grad, and then became lawyers, bankers, and business professionals. A good chunk of it is what you make of the CPS education, how you avail opportunities, strong parenting (parents who demand educational achievement). While I'm with you that the CPS needs serious reform and funding, we also need to teach a desire for educational attainment.

[@royalcommoner3873]

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to drink."

[@randpherigo9724]

CPS alumn ...lol what a douche ..bet your on the school board

[@randpherigo9724]

@@royalcommoner3873 there is no water Chief..

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

When did you graduate?

[@markniles3013]

If you went through 13 years of school and didn't read a book thats on you. Take responsibility for yourself and stop the blaming. Its not segregation any more its avoiding violent people.

[@dominator35000]

If you grow up in a environment that is filled with violence all you know is violence you don’t know any other way to live don’t blame the kids, kids are sponges they don’t know any better unless you show them so

[@bay_leaf1510]

Mark Niles You’re acting like being uneducated is a choice. If I could’ve went to a prestigious and rich private school for the best of education, and live in a quiet and peaceful neighborhood where I don’t have to fear kidnapping or the gangs that hang around the parks, I would’ve have.

[@gavindehler]

Money wont change anything, these communities need to change themselves and stop asking for handouts

[@alexanderlavizzo]

GDizzle Handouts? Afgans are getting handouts and they don't even pay taxes Lmaooooo

[@cryora]

Those companies that got bail out money during the financial crisis are living pretty cushy lives and doing pretty well right now, wouldn't you think?

[@gregbattles4742]

it's not about money it's about equal opportunity in every community of chicago something that has been going on for ever and chicago why are their so few white kids in public schools an when they are their elites schools races is everything in america equal opporunity to good schools is a must.

[@fredcongress1967]

Greg Battles Please stop you are incoherent.

[@fredcongress1967]

cryora I knew something was wrong with you.

[@vcoonrod]

Why didn't Obama do more for Chicago? He had ample chance.

[@forrestgump7553]

While Obummer did suck, One can only throw so much water into a bucket with a big hole in it.

[@JimmyLeeJr]

Obama was a senator from Illinois, he was a deep Chicago politician friends with every figure from there for decades. They put him in the White House, in return he looked the other as they loot and rob the future of every Chicagoan.

[@comeagain9074]

What did bush do? Nobody can help people who don't value education, that's the best problem

[@comeagain9074]

That's the blacks problem

[@justsomecoronaviruswithint1897]

And yet it still the white people’s fault

[@dansmith8403]

I attended a majority white high school with a high graduation rate and plenty of extracurricular activities . My junior year we participated in a student exchange. On a Thursday we received 170 all black students from another school. they arrived mid way through 2nd period and the whole school was privileged to hear screams and shouts of "This schoo be ours" and " Where da white gurls be at?" amongst other colorful phrases. By Friday the school had suffered roughly $ 120,000 worth of damages to the bathrooms alone. multiple fights among the newcomers and attending student body resulting in 3 police visits in 2 days. The program was cancelled that Friday. An amazing opportunity was wasted on students who did not care to use it at all. Simply no interest in learning.

[@johnjones-yt8rt]

primate behaviour.

[@charlesmann3952]

When was the last time any ethnic group wanted to go to a black community for their school systems. Their culture needs to change and money won’t help

[@adolfmussolini996]

Yes. The people are trash

[@justsomecoronaviruswithint1897]

I love how you people think that white poverty doesn’t exist

[@cascasoldier]

@mansa afer , Looking at other cultures value deficiencies certainly isn't helping the lack of cultural values in the black community. Especially when those cultural values or lack thereof significantly effect the black community much more. Here's your sign.

[@pneron2032]

*It is not culture* They are the same way here in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. It is *genetics*

[@robertmasina4610]

@Charles Mann I agree with you on that. If a black kid does do good in school, they get ribbed by classmates for trying to be white.

[@Greasyheels]

I worked in a school that was an inner city at Cincinnati. Let me just say it doesn't matter how much funding you put in a school it starts with the ability to work. If the students don't want to put the effort in to better themselves it does not matter one bit how much funding or even love you put into teaching.

[@lilnana0123]

Teach the students effort, they are kids...it is the parent/teacher/community responsibility to teach the child. You have to show them why they should want it. Don't blame kids for your own inability to inspire.

[@Greasyheels]

@@lilnana0123 I understand that and it comes from the parents first. And you can see the parents that don't care about education have kids that don't care about working hard. When you have that it doesn't matter how much hard work pays off when they're taught the exact opposite at home.

[@troyroberts770]

It is bad teachers .

[@WaveRider1989]

​@@lilnana0123 unfortunately some parents don't know kids have to be taught a lot before they enter 1st grade. Including some basic reading, math and science. Learning has to start at home not only in school. That way when kids get to school they know how to be discipline and learn from teachers.

[@briangriffin8106]

​@lilnana0123 If kids think doing well in school and speaking properly is acting 'white' then they aren't going to do it.

[@robinmurray5266]

You gotta break the pattern! My mother is a lazy self-entitled woman . Her parents had very limited education and never expexted her to even complete HS. She just settled for getting married, having kids and having my dad work to support her. She tried to instill that in me because that's all she knew. I finished HS and went to college. Was made fun of for wanting to go to college and told I was 'to stupid' and should meet a nice farmer and settle down. Ended up paying for college myself and graduated with honors. She still carries the 'poor me victim' game because of her parents. I don't feel sorry for her one bit. She just never had the guts/drive to strike out on her own because everything had come easy for her to live off someone else all her life.

[@AuroraBoarder1]

At least your mother got married!

[@robertcarli1969]

@@AuroraBoarder1 are you white ?

[@AuroraBoarder1]

@@robertcarli1969 - no, I'm black. I grew up in Oakland, which is similar to Chicago. I was a victim of bullying and lousy morals, so I take a dim view of both.

[@Imani7777]

Your mom didn’t have to have you… she made sure you were fed and clothed etc., She made sure you survived and l’m sure she gave you love and would have given more if she had it to give. 🤔 Be thankful.

[@darthutah6649]

5:03 if parents are willing to send their kids to a charter school which is further away than the nearest public school, what does that tell you about the public school system?

[@ashleypineda9715]

I go to a Nobel school which is in a way is “better” my school is literally in a white neighborhood near downtown and all the students are minorities... you still see the separation between white propel and the students who are minorities. It’s also like an house away from where I live since I was in the waiting list near my house so I attended the one that was far. I wasn’t able to transfer because noble didn’t allow students to transfer within the noble schools. The rules changed now but what’s the point in a junior I can’t leave now.

[@kerririchards2539]

You could have the best schools in the world, but if the parents are not actively involved in helping the child’s education, then it means nothing. Parents are not at home helping the kids with homework or reading. 9/10 parents do not show up to parent-teacher conferences. The problem is the parents.

[@zacharymccoy2418]

Dont spit out kids left and right and at a young age. Save up and send em to private

[@notquitegringo7997]

Unfortunately, that's often much harder for lower-income families to do, as birth control is often expensive and hard to attain for them. Also, even white, middle-class families with one or two children can't always afford to send their kids to private schools. The sad truth is that having fewer kids isn't as easy as it should be for many Americans and even then, tuition to private schools is often just too expensive for people to pay.

[@vinciroth]

@@notquitegringo7997 planned parenthood can provide birth control. Price isnt an excuse. The more kids they ha e the more money they get

[@dc3011]

@@notquitegringo7997 birth control is free or next to free for indigent people. I know because I used to get it free when I was unemployed. From the health dept, not planned parenthood. These people know this, they choose to have more children because they know the government will continue to take care of them. No kids=no assistance.

[@adianpryde1526]

Even in the deep religious south in the 80s the health clinics gave free condoms to teenagers. Everything is an excuse if you don't want to take responsibility

[@cooldudecs]

@@notquitegringo7997 condoms are free in those neighborhoods... It’s more custom oriented

[@noejacklou]

its not about the school system or the neighborhoods or the budget it is about the quality and mentality of the students look at the asian students they go to the same schools basically use the same infrastructure,facilities and eqiipment but still go out on top

[@earor]

no they go to the selective enrollment

[@scottyee707]

Rap Music, Im a fan but as Im older I see the negative influence it had on me and my friends life. What do you expect when you glorify doing nothing but breaking the law all day, just look at how Crips and Bloods went from a CA thing to nationwide and most have no affiliation to the original gang but wanted to do something they heard in a song.

[@bryanlint9327]

Integration has not improved education.

[@sheebakitty378]

Right. It has lowered the standards of an ENTIRE NATION.

[@soulvaccination8679]

All integration did was impregnate white females

[@marlaholt3697]

we got integration but not equality

[@packingten]

Integration RUINED SCHOOLS!. Look here on you tube!. Blacks threatening teachers!.

[@robertmasina4610]

Yes true, look at busing in the 1970's.

[@angiefromChi]

Chicago Public Schools has what is called "Selective Enrollment" High Schools. The children who attend Selective Enrollment Schools, such as Whitney Young High School, (Michelle Obama's alma mater) have to Test to get in. Only the BEST and BRIGHTEST get in. The Academics are EXCELLENT. Why arent ALL CPS Schools as great as the Selective Enrollment Schools? Kids who get accepted into a Selective Enrollment Schools are actually considered "blessed" or "lucky" . ALL of the schools in Chicago should be great.

[@adianpryde1526]

These schools have a screening process to separate the good students from everyone else. The teachers don't get cursed and threatened everyday at magnet schools. That is the purpose of these schools to separate those with some motivation to learn from those with none whatsoever. No way the rest of the CPS can change till parent starts doing her job and hopefully is joined by a man who sticks around for a change.

[@cooldudecs]

The left are trying to get rid of that now under the banner equal outcomes... We are screwed

[@yaimavol]

Michelle Obama did not go to that high school. Her entire past is a fabrication. Welcome to the Matrix

[@BangMaster96]

A School's success does not just depend on the teachers, it depends on the behavior and efforts of the students who attend it as well.

[@EpicAsshole]

In fact, that is the primary determining factor.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

This can only be done with the support of the parents. Students are kids who will test their limits. If parents aren't actively involved, working with teachers and administration, well the results will be just like if people become apathetic about politics. One side will gain all the power. In the school system, the children are the customers. The customer is always right in the USA. They, and their parents, hold the power.

[@beefy74]

@@GenerationNextNextNext how are poor parents supposed to get involved when they have to work overtime in order to get food on the table.

[@jacobthompson6265]

Exactly. My high school’s graduation rate was 3/10 and guess who ended up graduating from the University of Southern California?

[@waverly2468]

Chicago Public Schools has $13 billion unfunded pension liabilities and $25 billion debt total on its balance sheet.

[@MrVhatever]

Shitcago and Detoilet. Wonder what the lowest common denominator is?

The entire city is black controlled, top to bottom. It's not whitey keeping them down.

[@MichaelSmith-jw8qw]

I'm 62, never married and no kids---truly thankful I never had to raise kids or deal with their education problems--you just can't count on public schools anymore

[@coopawhip8241]

they are failing because of who is attending, they have no desire to learn, so they wont simple

[@Trytocookthis]

Teach people to invest in themselves. Stop saying the government needs to do this and do that. Show parents the importance of keeping the child busy at all times.

[@giglepiezon0323]

I’m so glad I don’t deal with school any more, I never liked school at all, but now I’m free.

[@RUHappyATM]

USA culture is declining. Sad.

[@robertpreskop4425]

RUHappyATM the USA is a dying declining giant.

[@tabiripetrovich517]

RUHappyATM good!!! I can't wait !!!!! :)

[@skeebz77]

It's all about a culture of low expectations.

[@J19901]

It's broken because of Culture, low fatherhood rate in these homes, Mom's being addicts, low income. Change the culture and you'll see change in the kids.

[@HeavyK.]

Priveledge is being raised in a home with two parents. THE DEMOCRATS PROMOTE AND PAY FOR SINGLE PARENTS. IT HURTS THE KIDS.

[@sheebakitty378]

Privelage is being given the job bc your black. Or given bonus points on exams for blackness. Or having all rules and expectations trampled

[@wi77iama773n]

@@sheebakitty378 that's good example but I think that would be more of advantage/disadvantage. I can make the argument of saying "being anything beyond Caucasian or Asian, you will have it harder in life because you aren't wanted or even considered to be tolerated". Once again just for the conversation sake. Obviously there are many other factors than that including self accountability.

[@ambxsh1883]

Sometimes to solve a problem you have to look at yourself.

[@inezrichard7618]

Time for blacks and democrats to stop blaming everyone and everything else for their own . Always white peoples fault.

[@Xbot4Life]

Hmm, growing up, I didn't take School seriously, I wasn't terrible but I was more interested in Kung Fu and Tekken 2. Left school with poor grades and went to college, fantastic year... of dossing and having fun. Didn't bother do my studies to be honest. After that I did basic dead-end work, warehouses, picking and packing, it was okay in that I met fun people but I knew I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. Then guess what happens, I return to college a 2nd time, about 3 years after the 1st attempt and found that I was a Grade A student, totally smashed my GCSE's and A Levels. Then I went to a prestigious University, worked a few great jobs and now work in finance leading a large team, soon to be a Chartered Management Accountant. Not blowing my horn or anything but its never too late. I do wish I took School seriously though, could have reached my target about 4 - 5 years sooner.

[@benjamins9873]

I see 0 self responsibility being taken in the video

[@americanpatriot3667]

Benjamin S not at all sounds a lot like whiteys fault without saying it

[@elijahheart9103]

Those bad kids don't wanna learn. They wanna be violent and disrespectful

[@havilahki4599]

Segregated black schools in the 1960s turned out graduates who could read, do math, and and plan ahead.

[@burleybater]

That's true. Dunbar high school in Washington D.C. was one of the most glorious examples - proving that it can be done, when the method and the model and the hard work are applied. Dunbar was kicked to the curb after Civil Rights (1965) as if - it wasn't needed anymore. The story of the history of the school is a fascinating read (almost seems like Science Fiction) but it was real and true enough.

[@keepitsimpleplease9039]

Responsible parenting also helped a lot

[@baileymadison9019]

low income = less taxes less taxes = no money =bad schools

[@hillerm]

They have the same books and the same qualifications on the teaching staff. Surely its not because the black students don't study?

[@adianpryde1526]

Chicago area has 92 libraries that are open 7 days a week. The effective range of an excuse is 0 meters. Kids in third world walk barefoot and share one book and have a higher rate of literacy than Chicago. Highest paid teachers in the state for the worst performance. Chefs can't cook with rotten ingredients.

[@vikingreflections2824]

Several things missing. You go into rural areas where schools have even less funding, less equipment, and less qualified workers, in the same condition and the margin is still better then most City Folks schools in achievement. Schools succeed with community involvement. There is a lot more to it as well, but then this post would be obnoxiously long.

[@therealtruckerbrown]

Loving this

[@JamesQuintero7]

segregation? What does that have to do with bad behavior and students causing choas? Students do not live in civil rights era. It's morals...a lack of it.

[@a.i.marvin6180]

Teachers cannot control factors outside of schools. My biggest problem was kids coming to school. I had to find my own textbooks because there weren't any. This was Oakland Public Schools. However, there were shootings, stabbings, and fires sit by students. In south Dallas the district was only paying half of my salary. Teachers will not stay when they can't count on being paid.

[@ParadoxReport]

Have you seen how there's an invasion of foreign immigrant teachers with heavy accents being brought in to teach and their housing is paid for. Yet they won't do it for Americans

[@rickmcinnish3562]

you can only buy so many books paint rooms clean up things ! the kids need to do there part and learn and do the work. it all starts at home mom and dad the gift of love.

[@AMERICANCHOLO]

I’m an ex gang banger from Los Angeles, came from a drug dealing mother and never truly knew my dad , he drank himself to death when I was a kid, I went to jail for 6 years and now have started a KZbin channel to try an educate us on our short comings, we as minorities are our own worst enemies, that acceptance of the thug culture is destroying our families and neighborhoods and as long as we continue to blame everyone else we will stay stuck in that ghetto mentality

[@bigfootsburneraccount9160]

Godspeed my friend. Glad to see someone with the right attitude.

[@bartonfang]

Schools are funded by taxes, and well poor neighbor doesn't raise much taxes. Successful people out of the poor neighbor probably don't want to go back, so well, people who can escape did.

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

Trust me, the Democrats tax everyone to keep all their DNC black-run plantations humming along. Many of these DNC cities have higher school spending per pupil than suburban or rural areas run by the GOP voters.

[@ironuckles]

The Chicago schools have equal or higher spending per pupil compared to the suburbs. This is public information, you can go download the data.

[@stellayates4227]

As long as there is a school with staff and basic equipment you have the basis for growing education and encouraging learning. You cannot blame others as you do not need a perfect set up and support to get young people involved in learning. Children need to be encouraged and allowed to grow but not to expect others to do it for them, so parents need to take responsibility. You do not automatically get violence due to under-funding - this is nonsense.

[@beefy74]

you clearly do not understand the issue here. These schools AREN'T getting enough money to pay for the essentials. Teachers are underpaid and overworked. Most have to pay out of pocket for school supplies. Look through these comments and tell me that they just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when their school couldn't afford a math teacher for a year. That's not even mentioning the lack of support for kids with learning disabilities. But yeah, the lack of support for CHILDREN is on them. They're responsible for overcoming the massive barriers put up against them. It's no big deal to you, because you and your family will never experience it.

[@tmltmsweetlittlelies5838]

stand in line with your hand out , and expect someone else to do it for you

[@adianpryde1526]

Do the kids 1) show up? 2) show up on time? 3) bring their supplies 4) do the homework or reading assignment? 5) listen to the teacher? No. There are children in the 3rd world who walk to school barefoot to a one room school with a leaking roof that have a higher literacy rate than Chicago and other inner city schools in the US. Why is that?

[@f0rumrr]

RAP music and the culture around it has done far more harm, then lack of funding in public schools. Dont be about it, rise above it.

[@acajudi100]

Do not forget the money, that was stolen from CPS by the ones at the top. Some are in prison now. I am 76, raised and educated in Chicago, and I did great. I thank my elders for teaching me morals, and I thank myself for obeying them, and passing it on.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

Times are different now. You should step into a CPS today.

[@Impedancenetwork]

The problems are obvious. Most blacks will say things like that girl did at 2:56. It's not the paint peeling, and new books are not the problem. Even if those kids had new books and fresh paint they still wouldn't learn a thing. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. These kids go home to shitty parents who don't give a damn about the kids or their education. There is an uncomfortable truth here that blacks won't admit. Whites and Asians know what the problem with black inner city schools is. It is obvious.

[@jonathanhenderson5314]

the same thing is happen in MISSISSIPPI

[@roderickclerk5904]

IKR... Jackson, Mississippi (cough cough). I went to Northwest Rankin High School, near the Rez.

[@tabiripetrovich517]

and in baltimore

[@leftieloosers]

Really tired of hearing these people constantly roll out excuse after excuse when in fact they are fully to blame. The education system is there but if you don't want to learn you won't - as the old saying goes 'You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink'. Nothing will ever change as these people always blame others for their own self-inflicted problems.

[@chunkytomatosoup1826]

How did I end up watching a video of A guy riding a mechanical bull with Pumped Up Kicks playing in the background to hearing about the troubles of the Chicago school system

[@Trytocookthis]

CTS, I guess youtube thinks it's all relative. and LOL at HR with the wife and kids.

[@p2e284]

Welcome to KZbin.

[@marie_84]

😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂 exactly...welcome to KZbin. It starts always innocent... and ended up....

[@ashley-cn3rz]

Common defense : blame everyone else never look inward.

[@mauriceslevines6100]

The lady who did this report isn't very bright. She too must be a product of Chicago's wonderful public schools.

[@ChariotManGaming85]

Keep trolling. You know nothing at all.

[@bwade8786]

Home life, discipline that simple

[@lucianpendragon1458]

This is all on the minority communities and their ideologies. It doesn't cost a middle class salary to pay attention and do homework and get good grades, it just requires a genuine level of interest, and the respect and care of school property. Schools get funding based on completion rates, not on how much free stuff students demand just so they can turn around and destroy it again.

[@maddie28]

But it might be harder to pay attention and do homework if you're more concerned about having food on the table

[@destroygaryfunky7053]

Bottom line: where the thirst for learning doesn't exist,....... achievement fails.

[@djbhe]

The wife and I got our daughter in the best schools and programs in Chicago that we could and it worked out. Our daughter attended Morgan Park HS starting in their seventh grade program and then she attended the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and got a economics degree and now she's at Georgia State in Atlanta working on a master's degree in business administration and a master's degree in health administration. Me and the wife moved away from Chicago after our daughter left for college. Now we live in Tampa. That's my guy Jitu Brown he was one of the first rappers in Chicago to get a record deal with his group 10Trey posse (103rd st Posse) in the late 80's. It's good to see the brother is doing good and raising his child.

[@MrBigike76]

You dont see this problem where the kids, in a majority, are in the FFA! Future farmers of america. I wonder why?

[@Siubakkoi1]

I went to a 99% black elementary school in philly in the mid 90s as an immigrant with no English. They made fun of me and few other asian kids for eating school lunch. So my conclusion was that they were either wealthy or not hungry at all.

[@lynnharrell9598]

It doesn’t matter how much money you throw at it. And, you can’t show a few articulate students in a video and expect to present an accurate picture of what the student body is really like in Chicago. Don’t ignore all of the other factors that are contributing to this problem. Chicago statistics show that about 8% of teachers leave each year. Although teacher pay is low, do you think that is why they leave? They already knew the pay would not be good. They had a desire to teach, but they don’t stay. Take care of the real problems at home first, and the children will perform better at school. Take care of disciplinary problems and hold the students accountable for their actions. Also, the “No Child Left Behind Act” had good intentions, like most acts, but it has failed our children. Students are being promoted without having actually learned the material. There are so many more factors besides funding. Sadly, this problem isn’t just in Chicago.

[@legendhasitstudio]

You can still go out and cleanup you're community, pickup trash , mow grass , paint , etc

[@mauriceslevines6100]

Why throw good money after bad? You don't give failing school districts more cash. You just let them fail so students can pipeline to jail.

[@annamoroz1632]

You can blame: A. Parents ,luck of father , single mother, no structure in raising children B. Teachers, C. Overblown administration that devours all the funds, total luck of control over students, graduating everyone because looks good on school records. D. Students So which it is ?

[@gregory2789]

A and D and D is a direct product of A.

[@dannypiper383]

It is your responcibility to make sure your child is fed, clothed and edjucated. Stop blaming the schools, funding, and the goverment. The problem is the eroution of sociaty, people love to play the blame game. Put your index finget in the center of your chest and repeat after me, "If it going to be it up to me." The key to creating wealth is simple, it takes 10,0000 hours of emersion into a set of skills. Most people would rather you pay that price so they can mooch off of you.

[@taylorknight5702]

1. You can't even spelled educated. 2. Wealth isn't easy to come by if you start from the bottom, any one who has will tell you that. 3. The game is rigged so that those who know how to play the game (which honestly isn't you, you're most likely poor as well as most of America is.) are incentivized to keep their methods to themselves. 4.Black people in this country didn't start where Caucasians did, they were set back by slavery for 200 years and while you're gonna say that it was a long time ago you have to realize that the position you hold today is as a result fo constant progress in your family.

[@Andeetec]

I never read a book!! Whose fault is that?

[@ezradja]

Blaming others for their own fault is a loser game.

[@jonathanm.9801]

who is teaching these children? they must have terrible teachers with low incentive to work because of their low pay. i live nearby chicago (usually called " the chicagoland area") but i never knew it was this bad. i have attended private schools for my whole life so this just makes me feel so privileged rn (im asian not white).

[@ANGRY_BUS_DRIVER]

Jonathan M. Asian people are honerary white people, so what are you saying

[@jonathanm.9801]

ANGRY BUS DRIVER "honorary white people" but still minorities. We may be seen as "honorary white people" because we tend to be some of the highest paid minorities but like we still have to work our asses off like everyone. dont assume either because i know some asian people that also live in the south side. asians here in the chicagoland area are actually all really different. some are really whitewashed, and others are really urban too.

[@bruh-fn5dh]

Jonathan M. Racism in America works in a never ending cycle Black people don't try to pull themselves up because they think that they will be discriminated by white people anyway And white people think since black don't try hard enough to improve themselves they don't deserve to be treated equally But regardless blacks have to make the first move

[@twocentzzz]

Jonathan M. You're not privileged man. Your parents just provided you with a good life through their hard work

[@jonathanm.9801]

RT how am i not privileged? I have attended a private school since preschool. I have also had the opportunity to learn music and expand my music skills. Most people in the world cannot read music. I'm not rich but I have the opportunity to do things that some people in this world aren't. My parents worked hard for me to be privileged. Why would anyone want their children to be less privileged?

[@_GloryHolz]

funding is NOT the issue even the worst parts of Chicago have some of the highest per capita student spending in the world. it's two part, the teachers unions: it's impossible to fire bad teachers, no one is held accountable, they reject outside consultants or on the job training. and the parents: they place no emphasis on education, the fathers aren't around, they allow their kids to be going out gang banging. The students themselves also play a part what you get out of school is what you put in.

[@fredcongress1967]

Very well said and very truthfull. When will they acknowledge the obvious.

[@joemo1033]

Brian Lane YES! Nailed it! Single mothers, the destruction of the family and teachers unions. Thanks a lot Dems!

[@sarahsevere5230]

Brian Lane Ok so what's the soluition? Like we get the problem so what steps need to made to fix it?

[@MaureenMurphy_]

Absolutely not..

[@livelaughlove2366]

stupid.

[@Baby_boodle]

I've found this series to be informative and well put together. Thank you for making it.

[@gomezesmorticia]

The Blacks and Hispanics do not want to go to school. When I was in high school in Chicago at Calumet my freshmen year it was 20% black then my senior year it was 80%. We got along.

[@naylor2000]

You cannot just blame the school system. As a parent you have to decide you want better for your child. I worked two jobs to move to the northwest suburbs. My daughter attended a great school and is now a junior in college. I went to Chicago public schools and then went to the Harold Washington college. Then I went to 4 year university and flunked out my first semester. I looked back and it because I could not compete with the other students. I blame my parents too. They should have made sure I read books and check my homework every night. There is a lot parents can help their students. Turn off the TV and make sure your child reads at least an hour a day. Buy math workbooks make sure they complete them. You as a parent are responsible for your child education. No one else is.

[@sumralltt]

I'm sure the teachers are doing their best to teach - If students don't respect the teachers the teachers can not teach

[@billiejohnson3511]

It's the people involved that are broken...not the schools..

[@michaelwojcicki3624]

Charter Schools demand student discipline and effort. Public Schools suggest attendance and reason away test scores.

[@EpicAsshole]

Thats because public schools are bound by law and charter schools are not. Its quite simple really; if the law punishes you for removing students, then you wont be removing students even if they deserve it. Its like trying to compare two people running a race, but one has to carry 100 ponds of weight while they do it; trying to compare their results would be asinine.

[@michaelwojcicki3624]

@@EpicAsshole I believe you are confusing "policy", for law and policy is made by politicians and teachers unions.

[@LiberalsArePoop]

I work with a black woman who has a Bachelor's degree and two Master's degrees. I was stunned! She is awesome, smart, beautiful, and hilarious. I was stunned because she managed to buck the trend of having to grow up black and stupid. I admire her tremendously for having the courage to go her own way.

[@burleybater]

There are many more out there like her. And those numbers will increase exponentially. A fine thing. Sadly, it is the boyz in the hood that have a harder time bucking the "trend." Those boyz - the ones whose shadows become all those future missing fathers in all those fatherless homes. Ain't it strange (for all the talk, yap and rap) discussions - no-one ever really seems able to pin down just exactly what it is, what it does to a black boy growing up without a dad. We think this is all 'normalized' inside the hood, business as usual. But all those secret heartbeats, lonely sorrows, the ache and the break, the misery... Nobody tracks that. As if nobody cares. But some do.

[@doctorween1799]

tHEy're BROKEn

[@coms75033]

Broken homes are the evil. Segregation is a buzzword, a smokescreen and a scapegoat for the fact that these children come from a single parent home. Society has eradicated faith from school which took the hope of these children along with it, then when these at risk kids grow up and commit unspeakable crimes when push religion on then in prison to help rehabilitate them.

[@alexoday5224]

Remove all government provision, raise the standards and apply them to all students equally. If someone doesn’t wanna act right in school, let em cry. Not our problem. In ten years, we’ll be a nation of unmatched success.

[@chijen2010]

New Books?? What difference would that make?? Give me 100 Chinese-Americans with 40 year old English, Math and Physics Books vs. 100 African-Americans with Brand New shrink wrapped and sealed books and I know who would do better. Care to bet me??

[@firebird6522]

Nope. wouldn't care to bet. We all know the answer already.

[@abderrazakchahine5458]

I grew up in Chicago and I really disagree with this video. I hate how whenever any minority is failing, the cry racism. I have noticed at my school many of the kids just don’t care about their education. They never do work, sleep in class, and are failing as a result. At my school , the students are separated into A, B, and C classes. The A class only has white and Asian students, the B class has white, Asian, black, Latino students. The C class is also similar to the B class, but has more Hispanics and blacks. But there are also white students there, but one thing they all have in common is that they don’t care. They just don’t give a shit, and that’s why the school system is failing.

[@octaviogomes_]

The point of this video is to deny your own responsibility

[@tiocfaidharla251]

If you have ever been to a majority black school then you know what the deal is. Most black kids are un-teachable, the black kids that are there to learn also suffer because of the majority that are disruptive. The only way this will ever improve is if blacks start to form fully functional family structures. No more baby mommas, no more single parent house holds. I doubt this will ever happen though.

[@RightNowIGuess]

Watch: "Teaching Black Kids by Christopher Jackson"

[@genickAtgmail]

what propaganda that is opposite of the true

[@ironuckles]

Why are we letting a guy who didn’t read a book for 13 years in school.. run a school?

[@rebeccab.463]

A never ending cycle of generational abuse and trauma can only be truly healed by those inside the cycle. You cannot fix or change those who do not want to change, no matter how much money is involved. This is way deeper than segregation.

[@davidmoore5004]

Since people want to blame the Democrats for these cities failure please explain to me how Republicans could help to turn things around in Chicago.

[@OlivePittsOnDesk]

End welfare. Problem solved.

[@mdloser1]

David Moore Well first off they need to be voted in. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. And that's why so many ppl are leaving Illinois for states like Idaho, Montana and Texas. They've had it. Too many decades of failed liberal policies.

[@jjhbowers]

Enforce the law! And teach discipline and the trades.

[@comeagain9074]

Allow only one child for s single mother, if she produces another cut off welfare, then find the fathers and subject them to BE RESPONSIBLE OR JAIL WITH HARD LABOUR

[@comeagain9074]

@Ethan Steel make an exception in that case

[@themathteacher100]

How has Obama helped them

[@robertpreskop4425]

Wendy Z this is not Obama's fault, this is Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's fault. All he did was cut funding to public education and gave it all to the wealthy, the developers, and the big corporations.

[@cooldudecs]

@@robertpreskop4425 it’s not money...

[@KristianAltuve]

I am working on a story about this issue - do you have a list of resources used to research? Thanks!

[@ee.es00]

It's not the schools, it's the children. They have an average IQ of 85 which is not fit for academic learning but of trade learning.