For 13 years, Adriana Aviles, a fierce education advocate and former NYPD cop, has been the ultimate insider in New York City schools. As a powerful leader on the Citywide Council on High Schools, she championed Queens District 26 as one of the best in the city. She knew the principals and the teachers — and trusted them. She was gratified that her son consistently received good grades, especially in math, throughout his K-8 years. Then, two weeks ago, she sat down with her 14-year-old son to help him review for his second high school math exam. What happened next left her stunned and her son in tears — and prompted her to publicly confront Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels at a town hall last week. She shared her family’s devastating experience with The Post’s David Spector.
School has given straight-a grades to the student, who can't do masic math
I’ll never forget seeing tears well up in my son’s eyes as he was only able to answer the first couple of questions on the math review worksheet.

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A mother discovered her son received high math grades in middle school but struggled with basic algebra in high school.
- The student had consistently received A's in math during middle school.
- The student could not solve basic algebra or geometry problems in high school.
- The mother confronted the schools after her son's struggles were revealed.
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