Should US schools abandon grades?
Michael Thomsen makes the case: Grading students, from A to F, has become synonymous with education itself. Report-card day is an American rite of passage. Yet, there’s reason to believe the structure...
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Today on BaddiesBoogie I pondered whether or not US schools should abandon the current grading system for a more holistic approach to education, ridiculed and lambasted the GOP’s seemingly endless war...
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Today on BaddiesBoogie I began by considering the ridiculous and upsetting story out of Florida that a young high school student has been expelled and charged with two felonies simply for attempting a...
View ArticleThe Youth Of Today Basically Can’t Read Anymore
NPR’s month long look into what the modern reading habits of today’s youth means for the future of literacy, finds that Millennials have basically forgotten how to read like grown-ups: Walk into any...
View ArticleShould Universities Pay Newspapers For Advertising?
Ben Bergman reveals that Chapman, UC Irvine and CSU Fullerton have all signed on to a deal proposed to them by The Orange County Register in Southern California, where in return for a lump sum of...
View ArticleThe Case For Class-Based Affirmative Action
Eight months removed from hearing what many thought would be a landmark case for affirmative action, the Supreme Court was almost unanimous (7-1) in agreeing that the case should be sent back down to...
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