It can be done. Meeting Street Schools educational results have proved it. How long will the Charleston County School District persist in educational models that consign large percentages of low-income black children to inferior results?
As Gerry Katz cogently wrote in his Letter to the Editor earlier this month, "At the end of fifth grade under-resourced MSS elementary students have domestic and academic competencies comparable to well-supported students. . . . The MSS preschool education model should be scaled into all elementary schools with high percentages of under-resourced children."
Katz further notes that "all three elementary schools using the model achieve the third-grade reading benchmark."
Every taxpayer should challenge our Board of Education Trustees on this important issue. The next election should bring out candidates dedicated to replicating MSS results.
Otherwise, why are we spending almost a billion dollars per year?
The proof is in the pudding.
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