In "State audit finds city schools are skirting law" (Sept. 5), an audit found that many ºüÀêÊÓƵ children are being promoted even though the children cannot read at their grade level. This is in effect a tragic grade inflation.
Yet the same state audit gave the ºüÀêÊÓƵ schools a passing grade of C. This is another tragic grade inflation. As a former teacher, the first most important duty of a teacher is to make absolutely certain that children can read. Educators and doctors should "First, do no harm," but these children are being harmed by false promotions.
Then the state of Missouri with a passing grade for ºüÀêÊÓƵ schools is in essence saying these false promotions of children who can't really read are OK, and that is also harming the children. There is only one word for these two harmful situations: Tragic!
Nancy Reeves  • Kirkwood