Archive: December 2, 2007 - December 8, 2007

New Grading Scale: Empowerment or Dumbing Down?

By D'Angelo Rucker Recently Mayor Adrian Fenty changed the DCPS grading scale to one that requires less effort to achieve more. Were these changes to the grading scale for the better, or were DC students "dumbed-down?" The new grading scale is the same as the one used by the majority...

By Anna Kinsman | December 5, 2007; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (0)

 

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