Coming up this week on The Morning Show with Maynard Edwards and Cindy Mumby: Thursday, December 15, 8:00 a.m.: Maryland public high school athletes who don’t maintain at least a ‘C’ average will be barred from high school sports teams under a new recommendation from the State Board of Education. Harford County Councilman Richard Slutzky, […]
No Pass, No Play. No Problem? Do School Activity Eligibility Requirements Help Students?
The school rule known as “No Pass/No Play” is designed to motivate high school students to pass every class, or be barred from school-sponsored extracurricular activities. “No pass” means no football, no drama, no nothing, for students with failing grades. The rule sends some powerful messages: Academics come first. Failure has consequences. Don’t mess with […]
Fuzzy Math From Board of Education On Its “No Pass, No Play” Eligibility Policy
No Pass, No Play. That’s the idea behind a Harford County Board of Education policy directed at the high school students who are failing one or more classes. At some schools, they make up more than half the population; on average, it’s closer to 37%. Officially known as the Eligibility Policy, the idea was to […]
