Sunday, August 2, 2015

PPS grads require remediation

Anonymous wrote:

"New Post 
The PG article chart shows that 90% of Pittsburgh Public Schools students enrolled at CCAC take REMEDIAL classes!!!!!! 

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/08/02/More-CCAC-students-need-remedial-classes/stories/201505300026 

WOW! The article states that ____ 
“In some school districts, all of the students entering CCAC from the high school class of 2014 needed at least one remedial class. That includes East Allegheny, Highlands, Northgate. Steel Valley and Wilkinsburg high schools. In Pittsburgh Public Schools, the average was 90 percent overall. The largest number of city students — 45 — came from Brashear, and 96 percent of them needed to take remedial classes.” 
The article chart shows that 90% of Pittsburgh Public Schools students enrolled at CCAC take REMEDIAL classes!!!!!!! "

13 comments:

Anonymous said...


Superintendent Linda Lane's comments are even more disturbing...

Anonymous said...


PPS central office needs REMEDIATION !

Anonymous said...


Yes 9:27______ lack of insight,lack of any urgency or ability to address the problem.

Anonymous said...

You can't- "test the skills into students"-- PPS decided to pay for everyone to take the PSATs. PPS decided to pay for students to take the AP tests for the AP courses they were attending all year. That doesnt give the students the background to do college work. Many students who choose CCAC never even think about taking SATs,struggling with higher level courses etc Many of these students COULD have gotten these skills in PPS, but hadnt yet made a commitment to that portion of their lives. Academic competition wasnt a priority.
If they were totally college-ready, they would be probably looking at other schools-- it isnt just about cost-- although they will come back to CCAC to take some tough courses they disdcover in college ;)
.Many students-- particularly older students find the placement tests enlightening. They know they dont have all the skills, but are pleasantly surprised that they have some skills and that the developmental courses will get them where they need to be.
CCAC's instructors are well versed in developemntal/remedial courses. Many of area's college students come back to CCAC in the summer to take advantage of the instruction

Anonymous said...

PPS students are extremely fortunate to have CCAC! Without such an opportunity to learn the skills needed for success, the majority of our city's students would not have access to college or careers. Kudos to CCAC for stepping up and providing the basics!

Anonymous said...

Considering how small the PPS is as a city district, PPS is THE WORST district in the country. This is not the inner city of Chicago, Detroit, LA, or Philadelphia. There is NO EXCUSE. Rather, there is one reason why PPS IS THE WORST: the students are allowed, or better yet, encouraged to run every building. There are several subdivisions of that one reason:
a.So-called students disrespect real students who are TRYING TO LEARN
b.So-called students are encouraged to get experienced teachers fired
c.The PPS and the so-called UNION make sure young teachers are hired
d.Once the young teachers get experience and better salaries, then they are fired
e.The merry-go-round keeps going, and going, and going, and going.
=
F

Anonymous said...

The school environment produces the outcome, inevitably. A poor environment produces "disrespect" !!!

In the alternative, quality people, programs, attitudes, and expectations produce similar outcomes!

And you are right! "There is NO EXCUSE."

Questioner said...

On another thread Anonymous wrote:

"
Today's PG EDITORIAL BOARD gets it!!! WOW!

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2015/08/04/Flunking-schools-Districts-fail-to-prepare-their-students-for-CCAC/stories/201508040036

“ . . . Pittsburgh’s performance was disgraceful, too, with 90 percent of its students needing help. . . . ."

. . . "No matter how well those districts did overall, they failed 1,013 of the 1,303 students who chose to start college at CCAC."
. . . "But it’s not fair to expect Community College to make up for what a large number of students missed in high school. That is the job of public schools, and Allegheny County’s districts didn’t come close to passing.”
Meet the Editorial Board"

Anonymous said...

This is what happens when a town is run like Mayberry(PELA). The townsfolk(the Linda Lanes) promote BLAMING THE TEACHERS(the Andy Griffiths), but in reality Griffith knows the people(THE STUDENTS), whereas The Linda Lanes (the townsfolk) know the Chimera(the union), thus allowing the latter two to create the 24-tentacled monster(RISE).

Anonymous said...

It is not mentioned how many of the students have IEPs-- therfore coming to CCAC with prescribed needs of both attention and honestly just more time. I think we should be applauding CCAC for taking these students to their highest level of achievement. But also, these students-- and their families need to see that they will get to the same place, but it will take longer, or a lighter load in the beginning and that is o.k.

Anonymous said...

May I ask what the hell does IEP's have to do with it?

Anonymous said...

Students who have been identified and diagnosed with special needs need and deserve more than the standard preparation to meet college requirements. There was a time when the educational establishment did not see these students as "college bound"-- they are now-- and they may need more than just standard hs courses-- they may need what the college calls "developmental courses" so that they are ready to meet the level of college work required. This is not a criticism-- just a fact-- PPS has more identified students-- therefore, more students will need developmental courses at CCAC.

Anonymous said...

7:54 I do not think there is any intent on 7:40's part to imply anything about IEPs and remediation. Let me just say this though, as the parent of a pps high honor student who struggled in college more than expected, something needs to change. our kids start out more than a few steps behind kids from other schools and districts. our kids are unfamiliar with geopolitics but more glaring is their unfamiliarity with history and current events. this is not the case in all our high schools, it seems Obama and Dice kids come out of school well informed and prepared to participate in casual discussions with kids from more affluent areas on a wide range of topics.