Bursting the Balloons of Grade Inflation
Many school districts—I wonder if this is true across the country?—are encouraging and even requiring teachers to inflate their grades. I was told I should give no grade lower than a 60 to my students,...
View ArticleFirst Do No Harm: The Damage of Low Expectations
I had a student once, let’s call her Leah. She was a transfer during the first few weeks of school. We were alerted that she had some “problems.” I always begin the year with a study of word stems,...
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