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The Dumbing Down of America: The End of the D and F GradeB is now A, and B is for Average. What's happened to the grading system? And where are the F's?
No More Bad Grades for Late Work, Flunked Tests in Dallas SchoolsDallas public school students who flunk tests, blow off homework and miss assignment deadlines can make up the work without penalty, under new rules that have angered many teachers. The new rules will be distributed when teachers return to their campuses next week.
A-Levels Aren't Getting Easier, But Must be ChangedBy saying that exams are getting easier, the proof being 'grade inflation', we not only belittle the hard work of the high-achieving students—we draw focus away from the real problems of the current system.
At some schools, the new minimum grade is 50heir argument: Other letter grades — A, B, C and D — are broken down in increments of 10 from 60 to 100, but there is a 59-point spread between D and F, a gap that can often make it mathematically impossible for some failing students to ever catch up.
In the Basement of the Ivory TowerThe idea that a university education is for everyone is a destructive myth. An instructor at a "college of last resort" explains why.
Failure is not an option"Whatever happened to being allowed to fail?" asks Durham Region music teacher Jeff Pighin, who says he is one of a vanishing breed of teachers who fails several students each year in his Grade 9 music course and hands out exactly the marks he believes students deserve.
Falling off the Mountain: Grade InflationNah, I thought, this can't be right. I looked over the edge, and scrabbled like a beetle on the lip of a huge white bath.
'Tis the season to talk about thick and thin envelopes and, evidently, to draw erroneous conclusions from basic statistics.
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