Thursday, October 12, 2017

New York City School Teens stabs Two Classmates killing one

Abel Cedeno, 18, stabbed and killed Matthew McCree, 15, and wounded Ariane LaBoy, 16, at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation. The school administers to 6th-12th grades near another elementary school. Do you wonder why the poorer communities are under served? This school is a low performing school according to news reports and kids have told the city they do not feel safe there.
Only 5 % of students pass math and the schools rating is English is a mere 13% based on 2016 exam results. Over 50% of the students indicated they felt safe at school. Now the mayor of New York City de Blasio says he will increase security at the school.
Really, now is the time to increase security? What about the exam results? Politicians and education administrators have long known that exam results in school like this produce horrible results. These kids have low prospects for a positive future without simple math and English skills.
We don’t know if anti-depressants or psych drugs played a role in this violence, but there are likely students at the school on psychotropic drugs. There is a certainty that the US education system has failed these kids.
Our politicians don’t seem to have the time or interest to fix these matters. This school was around and likely failing during Bloomberg’s tenure. It is long time overdue for politicians to stop talking and start fixing.

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