"The tweaks should bring a measure of stability to public schools, administrators, teachers, students — even real-estate agents — everyone who has a stake in maintaining the quality of education in the state. The changes also will insert a measure of fairness, which took a back seat to the rush to push students to excel — a noble goal, but at what expense? The state Board of Education approved Mr. Bennett’s recommendations, which is the least it should have done." SAYS THE MIAMI HERALD TRIBUNE EDITOR. THE MIAMI HERALD TRIBUNE EDITOR CONTINUES"In some instances, schools that earned a C last year could have drop to an F. It would have been a misleading picture of the strides they had made. Under the new rules approved last week, schools will have a “safety net” that prevents them from dropping more than one letter grade. This is only fair." Read more here: miamiherald/2013/07/21/3509883/school-grade-sanity.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 23:24:37 +0000
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