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administrator pressuring to pass students
February 07, 2012
Barb D. says, “ What you do is teach! You work to help all your students succeed, you modify assignments if needed, and you work with students during the hour(s) you have them. You conference repeatedly with each one who isn’t succeeding. You assign a grade of “P” if the student deserves it, and you document all the work you’ve done with students who have an “F.” You contact parents either by phone or by mail, and you document that.” Read More »
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February 05, 2012
marilyn teacher says, “I am working at a struggling school where 75% of the students do not work because they know the principal "will not allow the teachers to fail them." The principal threatens teachers with unsatisfactory performance ratings if they fail students. Yes it is unconscionable, but I need my job. What do I do?”