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The Depth of a Simple Solution (Guest Post by Bryant Muldrew)

by dloitz

In my work with the Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP), I and my peers waged a dramatic struggle against the State of Maryland, Baltimore City, and the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS). The state of Maryland was (and still is) systematically underfunding the BCPSS. I discuss this in detail in the Case for the National Student Bill of Rights . Baltimore City and BCPSS believed that the solution to the school funding issue was consolidating small schools into one large campus. Additionally, the BCPSS was cutting extracurricular programming, art, and physical activities.  Because of these policies we saw a wave of new violence and increase dropout rates because of overcrowded schools.
In response to this policy, the students of the BAP develop the ABC Plan. The ABC Plan was designed in direct opposition with the school system’s policy. It was our hope that the implementation of the ABC Plan would be a