While the numbers show upward movement, education reformers and some groups say that such incremental climbs are far too small and do not address the large gaps in student academic proficiency levels.
Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner touted gains in student achievement, rising graduation rates and lower absenteeism as “real progress” and evidence that the nation’s second-largest school district is making strides in his annual state-of-the-schools speech Thursday .
Beutner acknowledged that more needs to be accomplished. He said that 56% of students still fall below proficiency in English; 67% in math. Only about 10% of students from low-income families are proficient in both English and math. And of 100 students who enter 9th grade, only 12 will graduate from college.
Litt’s organization is funded in part by philanthropists who had enthusiastically greeted the selection of Beutner, a businessman with no experience running a school or school district. Beutner was widely regarded as a member of their tribe in school reform, someone willing to make tough and monumental decisions against status quo interest groups.“L.A. Unified is a complex organization,” he told administrators. For students, families, teachers and principals, “disruption is not what they need.
Beutner did not lay out a specific plan or goal as his moonshot, but it’s clear he’s pushing in some specific directions.
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