When LeBron James dropped into Akron with great fanfare and media coverage in 2018, promising to fund a new sort of school to help educate young people in his hometown, many hailed him as just the savior the city needed. But did James' "I Promise" school fulfill its promises? Test scores are showing that it hasn't.

Now, even Akron school board members are beginning to question James' commitment to actual education and wondering if it was more about burnishing his reputation as a philanthropist than a serious effort to reform and reinvigorate education.

Last week, members of the Akron school board began taking a closer look at James' so-called I Promise school and found that real academic achievements are few and far between.

The state of Ohio also found problems.