[From article]
Teaching kids takes so much effort, staffers at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn have found a quicker way to fix persistent failure rates, sources said: Just let them pass.
Investigators are probing accusations of a massive grade-fixing scheme by educators desperate to boost the graduation rate at Dewey, The Post has learned.
Multiple sources claim Dewey is cutting corners by passing kids with the help of a shady “credit recovery” program that students sarcastically call “Easy Pass.”
The system allows failing pupils to get passing grades by playing games, doing work online or taking abbreviated programs that critics argue lack academic rigor.
In one alleged grade-booster, kids got science credit for watching “Jurassic Park,” sources said.
“It’s a bogus way of improving the graduation rate,” said Martin Haber, the former teachers union rep at Dewey and a retired special education teacher.
“The teachers have been under heavy pressure by their assistant principals to pass as many students as possible,” he added.
Investigators are probing accusations of a massive grade-fixing scheme by educators desperate to boost the graduation rate at Dewey, The Post has learned.
Multiple sources claim Dewey is cutting corners by passing kids with the help of a shady “credit recovery” program that students sarcastically call “Easy Pass.”
The system allows failing pupils to get passing grades by playing games, doing work online or taking abbreviated programs that critics argue lack academic rigor.
In one alleged grade-booster, kids got science credit for watching “Jurassic Park,” sources said.
“It’s a bogus way of improving the graduation rate,” said Martin Haber, the former teachers union rep at Dewey and a retired special education teacher.
“The teachers have been under heavy pressure by their assistant principals to pass as many students as possible,” he added.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/23/high-school-accused-of-massive-grade-fixing-scheme/
High school accused of massive grade-fixing scheme
By Carl Campanile
New York Post
March 23, 2015 | 12:47am
High school accused of massive grade-fixing scheme
By Carl Campanile
New York Post
March 23, 2015 | 12:47am
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