In my previous post I wrote about my decision to volunteer my services at Mandarin Middle School, the closest school to my home here in Jacksonville. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, it’s located here. To reprise a little bit, after my first visit to the school I completed the online background […]
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 […]
Is the KIPP School a Viable Alternative?
December 6, 2011 by
About three weeks ago, as you may recall, I wrote my first post in the new category of “Good News.” Unfortunately, at least for the time being, today’s post and Friday’s will be the last ones in that category for a little while. What follows is an unsigned editorial that appeared recently in the Florida […]
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