When cheating becomes the norm, normal kids cheat. During the summer of 2020, the administrative team for my school had time to plan for fully remote classes. They made no provision for valid testing. Teachers asked questions and suggested solutions, but no answers ever came. Even worse, the administration kept insisting that students be shown grace. In education-speak, grace means dialing down the accountability.
Tag: education
Steve Vaughn
It is very rare for a first-year teacher to be in charge right out of the box. Classroom management is usually a problem. I started teaching at 36 years old, so knew a lot of things, but classroom management was not part of my skill set.