jerseyshorejohnny
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FYI.. Today's (Thursday, August 25) New York Post, page 23, with a column by Michael A. Walsh titled: HOW EDUCATION SCHOOLS FAIL THE NATION.
Some quotes:
Which college field of study has the lowest standards and the highest grades - a magical lake Wobegon world in which all students are not just above average but way above average? If you guessed teaching you'd be right.
That's the conclusion of a new study from the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, "Grade Inflation for Education Majors and Low Standards for Teachers."
"Students who take education classes at universities receive significantly higher grades than students who take classes in every other academic discipline," says the report. The ... explanation is the higher gardes in education classes are the result of low grading standards."
The study, authored by Corey Koedel, notes that education majors routinely get top marks in the gut courses that ed majors generally take. And yet they consistently score lower on college entrance exams than students in other disciplines.
Some quotes:
Which college field of study has the lowest standards and the highest grades - a magical lake Wobegon world in which all students are not just above average but way above average? If you guessed teaching you'd be right.
That's the conclusion of a new study from the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, "Grade Inflation for Education Majors and Low Standards for Teachers."
"Students who take education classes at universities receive significantly higher grades than students who take classes in every other academic discipline," says the report. The ... explanation is the higher gardes in education classes are the result of low grading standards."
The study, authored by Corey Koedel, notes that education majors routinely get top marks in the gut courses that ed majors generally take. And yet they consistently score lower on college entrance exams than students in other disciplines.