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...countdown time in Philadelphia's public schools. Just 21 days remain before the state reading and math tests in March, and the kids and faculty at James G. Blaine Elementary, an all-black, inner-city school that spans pre-K to eighth grade, have been drilling for much of the day. At 2:45 in the afternoon, Rasheed Abdullah, the kinetic lead math teacher, stages what could be called a prep rally with 11 third-graders. The kids, who are at neither the top nor the bottom of their class, have been selected for intensive review--as has a contingent...
Indeed, perhaps the Harvard of fifty years ago provides a healthier academic and social model for us to follow. A substantive core curriculum ensured undergraduates learned math and read Shakespeare and Plato. Hyper-competitive students moderated themselves through a custom that shunned egoistic ambition. Grade inflation hardly existed, for earning a “Gentleman’s ‘C’” was no mark of shame—indeed, everyone already understood that a Harvard degree meant something...
After 47 years in education, I am notsurprised that ninth-grade students drop out of public schools, as did one of my grandsons. The problem started many years ago, when junior high schools were dropped in favor of middle schools. We need to return to having junior high serve Grades 7 through 9 and high school serve Grades 10 through 12. Sixth-graders are not ready for middle school; they are still immature. And ninth-graders struggling with the transition into their teen years face similar problems. Let's reconsider how we group students...
...Grade inflation—that Loch Ness monster of Harvard perennially sighted by those who recall the days of the “Gentleman’s C”—has yet again reared its head. In a letter to the Faculty of Arts and Science last week, Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 provided updated statistics that drew him to the conclusion that “grade compression continues to be a concern.” His evidence: Over half of the grades awarded to undergraduates were...
...best for patients,” Bhatt said. According to information released by AMSA, medical schools that have no formal policy-restricting interactions but where “pharmaceutical representatives are not allowed to interact with students according to the administration” received the C+ grade. Of the 116 schools rated, 13 schools were rated higher than HMS, 23 received the same grade, and 80 were given lower ones—including 40 medical schools that got grades of F for having no policy, no plans to form a policy, or because the school actively promotes interaction with industry...