Teachers at North Harford High School were instructed late last year to grade several students only on the work they had completed, and to exempt those students from all other course work. The process was termed “grading out” by the school administration, which told teachers to override the Harford County Public Schools grading system if […]
Harford Schools Tardy In Notifying Public of Homework Policy Meeting
A meeting to collect feedback on a proposed Harford County Public Schools Grading and Reporting Policy will be held on Tuesday, February 10th at 6:30 P.M. at Harford Technical High School. The meeting will begin with a presentation by the Grading and Reporting Planning Committee, followed by questions and feedback. Written feedback will be requested […]
Quality Counts? It Depends On Who’s Counting
Education Week, which calls itself American education’s newspaper of record, publishes an annual report called “Quality Counts” that ranks the states according to education policies and outcomes. This year, Maryland came out on top overall and the self-congratulation has been in full bloom, some of which is well-deserved. But a closer look at the data […]
