This has to be the dumbest policy to come along in a while. Besides a fundamental misunderstanding of how grades are assigned (hint: its not a random number between 0 and 100), it minimizes a teacher's input and leeway into how to grade students.
When I was a TA, granted these were college students, the only reason you received a zero on a grade was because you didn't take the test, turn in an assignment, or do a project.
Unions know that competition benefits the public but hurts them. That's why they fight home schooling, charter schools and vouchers so hard. We've described some hopeful signs that competition is beginning to have an effect.
Monday, Feb 4, 2008 at 06:18 AM
Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life
Thursday, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:35 PM
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions Friday, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers.
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:02 PM
