Archive for March 28th, 2006

Mar 28 2006

Grade Inflation

Published by rightwingprof under *

Technorati: education, grade inflation
Earlier, I mentioned that rubrics are a useful tool for dealing with grade inflation, specifically, the “I barely satisfied the requiremens so I deserve an A” type of grade inflation.
Where did this idea start, that barely satisfying the minimum requirements entitles one to an A? That is, by definition, C work. […]

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Mar 28 2006

The Sky Is Falling (For The 2683rd Time)

Published by rightwingprof under Wackjobs

Technorati: moonbats, wackjobs. nutcases, liberals, leftists, progressives, environmentalists, envirowackos, fear, Democrats, idiots, morons, idiotarians
When liberals aren’t whining and moaning and wringing their hands and being afraid, they’re slandering conservatives with those oh-so-chic nasty names, like fascist or Nazi. The one thing liberals never do […]

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Mar 28 2006

Logic Isn’t The Problem

Published by rightwingprof under Conservatism, Wackjobs

Technorati: moonbats, wackjobs, nutcases, liberals, leftists, progressives, Democrats, idiots, morons, idiotarians
Beth at Blue Star Chronicles makes some excellent points in this piece that questions why liberals are illogical. But the piece misdiagnoses — or understates — the problem when she gives examples (emphases and additional commentary […]

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Mar 28 2006

Quality Of Life And Education

Published by rightwingprof under *, Conservatism

Yesterday, Mr. Miller the math teacher asked me (on his blog) if I had taken into account standard of living differences in my pre-proto-preliminary analysis of per pupil spending and reading and math proficiency. I had not, because I didn’t have the data. I still don’t. However, I did find something that gave intriguing results.
I […]

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Mar 28 2006

Tuesday Free Thread

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