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Report: ‘Grading for Equity’ Harms Students
Brendan Clarey | February 29, 2024 (Chalkboard News) — A new policy brief states that “equitable” grading policies that rely on lowering academic standards ultimately hurt the students they purportedly help. The research released Wednesday morning by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute challenged some of the claims often made about equitable grading practices and said
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Kentucky House Passes Sexual Abuse Transparency Act to Protect Students
John Ransom | February 14, 2024 (The Lion) — The Kentucky House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 275, which aims at preventing school districts from keeping a teacher’s sexual misconduct secret or willfully ignoring allegations of misconduct. The bill moves to the state Senate after Thursday’s 95-0 vote in favor of the measure in the House.
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