Several years ago, NBA all-time great LeBron James embarked on a noble philanthropic journey by aiming to transform the lives of at-risk student and parents in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
The I Promise School opened in 2018 as a part of the Akron Public Schools system. But multiple years have gone by since the school’s fall class of eighth-grade students produced passing scores for Ohio’s math test, according to aThe last time the students passed the state’s math test happened when they were in the third grade, per the report. One Akron Public Schools official described the test results as “discouraging.
School board President Derrick Hall expressed disappointment about the school’s failure to meet testing expectations. Liechty-Clifford also shared data that reflected improvements in some students’ grades on a year-over-year basis based on state test results, while others declined.
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