{"id":1987045,"date":"2023-07-31T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T20:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-eighth-grader-at-lebrons-i-promise-school-failed-states-basic-math-test\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:43:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T20:43:38","slug":"every-eighth-grader-at-lebrons-i-promise-school-failed-states-basic-math-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-eighth-grader-at-lebrons-i-promise-school-failed-states-basic-math-test\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron&#8217;s &#8216;I Promise&#8217; School sees 8th grade math test struggles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevery-eighth-grader-at-lebrons-i-promise-school-failed-states-basic-math-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LeBron James addresses the media after the opening ceremonies of the I Promise\u2063 School on July\u2063 30, 2018 in\u200d Akron, Ohio. The School\u2064 is a partnership between the LeBron James Family foundation and the Akron Public School and is designed to serve\u2063 Akron\u2019s most\u200b challenged students. (Photo by Jason Miller\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah \u200cHerring<\/a><br \/>1:40 PM \u2013 Monday, July 31, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>LeBron James\u2019s \u201cI Promise School\u201d has reportedly produced disappointing results, as no eighth grader at the institution has been able to pass\u2064 the state\u2019s basic \u2064math exam in over 3 years. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The I Promise School, which is partly funded by LeBron himself, opened in 2018 as a public school for 1<sup>st<\/sup> graders through 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2064graders in \u2062Akron, Ohio, LeBron\u2019s hometown.<\/p>\n<p>The school was started with a \u200dmission to help \u201cthose \u2063students who are already falling behind and in danger of falling\u200d through the cracks,\u201d according to its website. <\/p>\n<p>The school, which operates in\u200c conjunction with the LeBron James Family Foundation,\u2064 has not seen one student in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-eighth-grader-at-lebrons-i-promise-school-failed-states-basic-math-test\/\" title=\"LeBron's 'I Promise' School sees 8th grade math test struggles.\">fall eighth-grade cohort pass<\/a> the Ohio state \u2062math test since the third grade, according to Akron Beacon Journal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe state \u200bhas also issued its first concern about the school: two of\u200c I Promise\u2019s biggest\u2064 subgroups of students, black students and those with\u2062 disabilities, are now testing in\u2063 the bottom\u200c 5% in the state, landing the\u200c school on the Ohio Department of Education\u2019s list of those requiring targeted intervention,\u201d the\u200b Journal added. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The students\u2019 poor performance has caused\u2062 major disappointment among Akron Public Schools \u2063officials. <\/p>\n<p>School board president Derrick Hall also expressed his concerns regarding the school\u2019s failing test \u200cscores.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor me as a board member, I just think about all the resources that we\u2019re providing,\u201d Hall said. \u200b\u201cAnd I just, I\u2019m just disappointed that I don\u2019t think, it doesn\u2019t appear like we\u2019re seeing the kind of change that we would expect to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lebron James \u200bFamily Foundation released a statement on Monday stating that they were still\u2064 committed to its \u201cpartnership with Akron Public School\u2063 for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBecause this work requires a long-term commitment, hard work, and a lot of love\u2062 and care. And that\u2019s what\u2063 we bring each and every day because the I Promise School is more than a \u2064school.\u200c We\u2019re \u200chere for the ups and downs, and\u200b will continue to\u2064 wraparound our students and their entire \u2063families so they can be successful in school and in life, no matter the challenges and obstacles \u200bthat come their way,\u201d the statement read. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The I\u200b Promise school will reportedly shift leadership roles as a new principle is scheduled to come in and\u2062 take \u2062over for the fall school \u200bsession. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning, IPS students &#038; families! Principal Stephanie Davis here and\u200d I\u2019m\u200d excited to invite\u2064 all of you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/House_330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@House_330<\/a> on July 12 &#038; 13 at 5:30pm\u200d for a fun evening of getting to know each other and answering any questions you may have ahead of this upcoming school \u200dyear. I \u2064look\u2026 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2W27kG7GB5\">pic.twitter.com\/2W27kG7GB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064I PROMISE School (@IPROMISESchool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPROMISESchool\/status\/1674791042279960582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June \u200d30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200dReceive breaking\u2062 news blasts directly to your \u2064inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mayor Dave Bronson reported the relocation plan\u200d this week, after a stadium that\u200b has been used as a\u200b shelter in the past \u2064closed this year, further straining the city\u2019s capacity\u200c to house and care for the homeless<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Scott LoBaido<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u200dRep. Matt Rosendale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) \u2063-Italy\u2019s AGCM competition\u200b watchdog said on Monday\u200b it had\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-market-signs-of-life-in-the-moribund-us-deals-market\/\" title=\"US deals market shows signs of revival.\">accepted commitments proposed<\/a>\u2063 by Google\u2064 to end a\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Securities\u200b and Exchange \u2063Commission \u200c(SEC) had asked Coinbase to stop trading in all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin before suing\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u2064Tom Bateman and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 As Japan enjoys a post-pandemic resurgence in tourism\u2062 from around the globe, Seibu\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif Vengattil and \u2063Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI\u200d (Reuters) \u2062-Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn has signed an agreement with India\u2019s Tamil Nadu to invest 16 billion\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James speaks to the press following the I Promise School&#8217;s opening ceremonies in Akron, Ohio. The school, a collaboration between the LeBron James Family Foundation and Akron Public School, aims to support Akron&#8217;s most disadvantaged students. 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