My last four posts have been devoted entirely to grade recovery. For the sake of not getting myself stuck in a rut, this one will be the last one for awhile. Sharon Scholl of Jacksonville Beach had this to say recently: “It is impossible for the public to know what to make of the report […]
Possible Grade Recovery Solutions
February 14, 2012 by
This is a continuation of my previous three posts on grade recovery, the earliest of which is located here. It seems to me that there should be reasonable solutions to propose concerning grade recovery. For starters, the school district should put together a task force with plenty of teachers and come up with some solutions. […]
Grade Recovery is Slacker Recovery
February 7, 2012 by
This is a continuation of my last post about grade recovery, which is located here. You may recall a much earlier post that I wrote concerning Christopher Harvey, a former teacher of the year here in Jacksonville. He thinks that grade recovery is a big mistake. He says the majority of the students taking grade […]
Grade Recovery is Overused
January 31, 2012 by
Last Tuesday, I wrote about my experiences with grade recovery as it is practiced here in Jacksonville. If you haven’t had an opportunity to read it, it’s located here. An unsigned editorial appeared in the Florida Times-Union on December 18, 2011. This is what it said. “In the old days, there used to be something […]
Offering Grade Recovery to Students
January 24, 2012 by
I don’t know whether you have “grade recovery” or its equivalent in your school system or not. But, here in Jacksonville, Florida, the people who are large and in charge have made it a district-wide policy. Once students have failed a particular class or classes, they are offered the opportunity to “recover” from the failing […]
Public Education isn’t Failing
January 13, 2012 by
This is a continuation of my previous post regarding charter schools. Susan Estrich, a Creators Syndicate columnist, concludes a recent piece published in the Florida Times Union in this way: “Running schools takes talented principals, dedicated teachers, inspiration, charisma, administrative experience, an understanding of the special issues involved in educating children who face crime while […]
More Observations from a Retired Teacher
December 16, 2011 by
This post is the conclusion of an editorial piece that appeared recently in the Florida Times-Union. If you haven’t had a chance to read that post, it is located here. Lois Floyd continues, “Busing students from failing schools to other schools compounds problems in the schools. When you bus about 300 students across town to […]
Lack of Support for Teachers
November 8, 2011 by
Jane Bowman, a teacher who taught at Butler Middle School with me for a few years, recently wrote a letter to the Florida Times-Union in which she states the following: “A recent letter writer supportive of Duval County Superintendent Ed Pratt-Danals (pictured here) blames parents of the intervene schools for students’ poor attendance and behavior […]
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