Public Education
Atlanta Public Schools wonât give grades below a 50, and even the teachersâ union isnât happy about itThe Atlanta, Georgia school district is no longer giving grades less than 50%, even if no work is submitted. Teachers in Atlanta Public Schools (APS) are being directed to give… Read More
Public Education
Wyoming gets bad grade for education freedom(The Center Square) â Wyoming got a bad overall grade in a new report on education freedom. The Cowboy State received a “D” overall grade in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s… Read More
Public Education
Tests: Minnesota student grades down since 2019(The Center Square) â The Minnesota Department of Education released the 2023 statewide assessment results showing some scores dropped 10 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The 2023 North… Read More
Public Education
Critics: Kansas City Public Schools exhibits âsoft bigotry of low expectationsâ in giving all students at least 40%, even on schoolwork not doneKansas City, Missouri Public Schools is epitomizing âthe soft bigotry of low expectationsâ by giving all students at least 40% credit on all tests and assignments â even ones that… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools sets lowest grading level at 40%, no longer allowing âzeroesâ â even when no work is turned inZeroes are no longer allowed to be given to students in Kansas City Public Schools. The lowest score possible now is 40%, even if the student never completes or turns… Read More
Public Education
Michigan House votes to repeal right-to-work, reinstate prevailing wage, end A-F grading system(The Center Square) â The Michigan House on Tuesday voted to repeal right-to-work, reinstate the prevailing wage, and trash the stateâs A-F grading system for public schools. The Democrat-dominated House… Read More
Public Education
Bill aims to trash Michigan’s A-F school grading system(The Center Square) â After Michigan shuttered in-person learning at schools statewide during the pandemic, student learning suffered. Three years after the pandemic shutdowns began, critics say a new bill… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Department of Education takes ‘another lap on the grade inflation tour’(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Department of Education conducted a fifty-city âKansans Can Success Tourâ in 2021 that felt like high school pep rallies, with the announcement of record-setting… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas publication aids and abets student achievement cover-up(The Sentinel) â Itâs bad enough that there are more high school students below grade level in Kansas than are proficient. But media aiding and abetting education officialsâ cover-up attempts… Read More