The Baltimore Sun reported that a new study of graduation rates conducted by the journal Education Week found that the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) had a 38.5% graduation rate. The city is disputing the numbers claiming that the graduation rate was around 54% the year of the study. While the numbers are being disputed it seems that the state of Maryland uses a method of measuring graduation rate that will inflate the numbers while the study by Education Week seems to deflate the actual graduation rate.
In all likelihood the graduation rate in 2003 for the City of Baltimore Public Schools was somewhere between 38.5% and 54% . To me it seems that either of these numbers are incredibly low. As a first year teacher entering the public school system with little to no experience in front of a class this seems rather intimidating. I expect the coming year to be challenging day in and day out and it is my intent to use this blog to write about the challenges and experiences I will have.
