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Mom, I got an A (and $237)!
Professors, columnists, politicians, documentarians, and PTA moms have all promised improvement in our beleaguered educational system. Now, a new and unexpected sect has joined the fight: bookies....
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The Grading Game
Parents, don’t let your children read this. Jim Higley doesn’t care about his kids’ grades. Mistake number one was turning to my high school son for a suggestion about a topic to write on. “Um, write...
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Is Cheating Always Cheating?
After a cheating scandal hit his school, Chris Wiewiora tries to figure out where he fits in. “And often, when you’re deep inside a system where cheating has been normalized, you can’t even see that...
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Your Kid’s Report Card Shouldn’t Matter
What good are report cards? Carl Bosch, a teacher, still doesn’t really know. All hail the report card, that traditional measure of student competency, overlaid with hints at work ethic, intelligence,...
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Gold Star for Dad! Father Teaches Son Lesson in Public
Jamie Reidy commends an extreme parenting maneuver. I am so psyched my old man never thought of making me stand on a street corner wearing a sandwich board informing the world of my bad grades. As this...
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“Please, Professor,” Give Me a B
A professor’s funny song from the 1970s anticipates the problem of young men not doing their best in college. For close to 20 years, a main concern of mine has been the fact that boys and young men...
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Dear John: Happy Birthday to Whom, Exactly?
This week, Dear John addresses surprise implants, nanny crushes, and collegiate cheating. This article originally appeared at GoLocalProv.com. Dear John, I am so mad. Recently, my husband floated the...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Grading Papers
“As soon as the student realized that grading was a pointless and subjective activity, he would begin to despise the subject Micah taught and hopefully reconsider going to grad school and competing...
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“The deck has been stacked against boys since the early 1990′s in education.”
This is a comment by JustAMan on the post “It Doesn’t Matter Who Wears the Pants: A Response to Hannah Rosin and The New York Times“. “I think the educational deck has been heavily stacked against boys...
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It’s Time to Worry: Boys Are Rapidly Falling Behind Girls in School
Reporter Peg Tyre explains why the challenges boys face in school need to be taken much more seriously. — For nearly a decade now, the evidence has been accumulating: Boys, in general, are doing less...
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Good Men Are More Than a Test Score
Men should be intellectual, but intellectualism should not be limited to a GPA or letter grade. — A letter has been making its way around social media the past few days. Addressed to an 8-year old...
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Feelings are as Important as Grades to Teenagers. Can Schools Help?
View image | gettyimages.com There is lot on the minds of teens other than school, grades and friends. Research shows being asked “prying” questions could make a real difference to their mental...
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Mom, I got an A (and $237)!
Professors, columnists, politicians, documentarians, and PTA moms have all promised improvement in our beleaguered educational system. Now, a new and unexpected sect has joined the fight: bookies....
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The Grading Game
Parents, don’t let your children read this. Jim Higley doesn’t care about his kids’ grades. Mistake number one was turning to my high school son for a suggestion about a topic to write on. “Um, write...
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Is Cheating Always Cheating?
After a cheating scandal hit his school, Chris Wiewiora tries to figure out where he fits in. “And often, when you’re deep inside a system where cheating has been normalized, you can’t even see that...
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Your Kid’s Report Card Shouldn’t Matter
What good are report cards? Carl Bosch, a teacher, still doesn’t really know. All hail the report card, that traditional measure of student competency, overlaid with hints at work ethic, intelligence,...
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Gold Star for Dad! Father Teaches Son Lesson in Public
Jamie Reidy commends an extreme parenting maneuver. I am so psyched my old man never thought of making me stand on a street corner wearing a sandwich board informing the world of my bad grades. As this...
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Dear John: Happy Birthday to Whom, Exactly?
This week, Dear John addresses surprise implants, nanny crushes, and collegiate cheating. This article originally appeared at GoLocalProv.com. Dear John, I am so mad. Recently, my husband floated the...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Grading Papers
“As soon as the student realized that grading was a pointless and subjective activity, he would begin to despise the subject Micah taught and hopefully reconsider going to grad school and competing...
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“The deck has been stacked against boys since the early 1990’s in education.”
This is a comment by JustAMan on the post “It Doesn’t Matter Who Wears the Pants: A Response to Hannah Rosin and The New York Times“. “I think the educational deck has been heavily stacked against boys...
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