Perspectives High school administrators hid National Merit awards from students for “equity” Spencer Irvine January 5, 2023 In the name of left-wing ideology, two administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Fairfax County,…
Perspectives “Equity in Grading” is a new Leftist trend in schools Spencer Irvine April 13, 2022 Grades used to mean something, such as the hard work that a student (and that student’s parent) put into assignments,…
Faculty Lounge Baltimore County Public Schools No Longer Grades on Homework, Behavior of Students Spencer Irvine August 24, 2016 You’d think this was a sick practical joke for the county’s schoolteachers, but it isn’t: Under the new system, a…
Faculty Lounge Army General to Head Mount St. Mary’s University after Scandal Ousted the Previous President Spencer Irvine June 22, 2016 A soon-to-be-retired U.S. Army general will take command of an embattled liberal arts school in Maryland after a grades controversy.
Faculty Lounge No More Valedictorians in One North Carolina School District Spencer Irvine May 24, 2016 Isn’t that ridiculous? “Citing what it calls “unhealthy” competition among students, the Wake County school board is the latest in the country to make valedictorians and salutatorians a thing of the past, The News & Observer of Charlotte reports.”
Faculty Lounge Do Grades Matter? Spencer Irvine April 21, 2016 George Leef talks about the grade inflation and whether you can trust someone’s grades at college. Photo by michael pollak…
Faculty Lounge Chicago Law Graduates Accuse the Late SCOTUS Justice Scalia of Racism Spencer Irvine March 15, 2016 Black students were upset that they received low grades while in the University of Chicago’s law school, with Antonin Scalia…
Faculty Lounge Some Brown Students Complain Homework, Stress Interferes with On-Campus Protests, Activism Spencer Irvine February 23, 2016 Welcome to the real world, Brown University college student activists. Photo by thurdl01
Faculty Lounge Texas Tech Business School Dean Ousted after Grade-Changing Scandal Comes to Light Spencer Irvine November 18, 2015 Students complained to their professors about their grades, so when that didn’t work, they went to the dean. The dean…
Faculty Lounge California School Lowers Bar, an F is now below 20% Spencer Irvine November 1, 2015 Lowering the bar! Yay, lowering education standards in Sonoma County, California!
Faculty Lounge Texas A&M Professor Upset with Entire Class and Fails Them Spencer Irvine May 2, 2015 It’s not clear who is at fault here, whether the students are for being bad students or the professor for…
Faculty Lounge, News College Students and Facebook Time means Worse GPA and Grades Spencer Irvine January 26, 2015 Freshmen, sophomores and juniors got worse grades when they spent a lot of time on Facebook. The only exception: college seniors.