Texas teacher goes viral crying during class over his senior students who struggled to read, write

A Sobbing Darius Cooks Says His High School Seniors Can't Read. Their School Just Earned an A | WATCH | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More

Darius Cooks – screenshot *Darius “Cooks” Williams says some of his high school seniors at Houston‘s Phillis Wheatley High School struggled to read and write during his second day in the classroom. Days later, Wheatley earned an A in Texas’ newly released school accountability ratings. That contradiction has turned Williams’ emotional viral video into something bigger than another alarming story about American literacy. Williams, the food person…

POLITICS: We should all join ex-teacher Darius Williams in crying at the failures of America’s schools

Texas public-school teacher Darius Williams is right to weep for his English students: Few things could be more tragic than a roomful of 17- and 18-year-olds left illiterate by the schools they and their parents trusted — or paint an uglier picture of our stifled, stunted future.   Williams went viral last week for his heartfelt Instagram plea over America’s dysfunctional public-education system: He found that the kids he had come in to teach co…

We should all join ex-teacher Darius Williams in crying at the failures of America’s schools

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Texas teacher goes viral crying during class over his senior students who struggled to read, write

Darius Williams, a teacher at Wheatley High School in the Houston Independent School District, was overwhelmed with emotion and broke down in tears during class when he discovered that his senior students were unable to complete a writing exercise.  On the second day of school, he found it difficult to cope with the realization of...