[Project.leer] FW: Ep. 63 - The Kids Can't Read (Kareem Weaver)

Nice piece on the reading issue also hosted by JFBT- Kareem Weaver has picked the science of reading up and framed it as an equity issue. If you look at the Hill article with the data linked. Upward mobility will never happen for black and brown children and families if this isn’t addressed- an equity issue we should all be able to agree on…MDB https://thehill.com/opinion/education/579750-many-of-americas-black-youth... “My team and I scoured the NAEP data sets and found a trend that should concern every politician — indeed, every American. In California, 90 percent of students cannot do math<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt201... or read<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt201... well. In New York, the numbers are 85 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 82 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. In Illinois it is 86 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 85 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. In Texas the numbers are 84 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 89 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. Maryland sits at 86 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... for math and 80 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... for reading. My home state of South Carolina is 90 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 87 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. In Georgia, the numbers are 86 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 82 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. In Missouri, it is 89 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 88 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. And in Washington, D.C., the numbers are 85 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt... and 87 percent<https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt...;. “ From: Journal of Free Black Thought <freeblackthought(a)substack.com&gt; Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 5:03 AM To: Burke, Mack <Mack_Burke(a)baylor.edu&gt; Subject: Ep. 63 - The Kids Can't Read (Kareem Weaver) Listen now | An interview with education reformer Kareem Weaver ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­ Forwarded this email? 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