San Francisco Is the State’s Worst County for Black Student Achievement — Why?

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Principal Charleston Brown oversees dismissal at Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. His black students struggle to pass state tests in reading and math. Photo by Penni Gladstone for CALmatters

CALmatters

Parents from San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood  heard a hopeful message from school administrators: Their children, who all attend Charles R. Drew Preparatory Academy,  a predominately black school, were already slated do better on next year’s state tests.

But the staff didn’t tell the parents about this year’s test results: Nine out of 10 black students at the school had failed reading and math exams.

Read the story at CALmatters.

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