Another massive grade-fixing scandal hits NYC High Schools

[ShootSpeeders]

States need to pass a law that says to graduate from HS you must pass the GED.

http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/this-journalism-school-has-a-big-grade-fixing-problem/

july 1 2017 Grade-fixing is alive and well in NYC schools as administrators come up with tricky new ways to inflate their graduation rates — and few of the hundreds of cheating complaints ever get investigated.

The latest scandal erupted at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn when a student who had cut a required English class dozens of times and got the lowest failing grade, a 45, walked on stage in a white cap and gown to get his diploma — even after a whistle-blowing teacher cried foul.

Principal Marc Williams did not simply change the student’s grade in the class he had failed — a method used by other city administrators. Instead, he added an English course to the teen’s transcript, and let him sit at a computer for a few days to do an online program, teachers said. A whistle-blower claimed a classmate sat next to the teen and helped him take the tests to get a passing 65 grade. Told about the apparent cheating, the principal did nothing, sources told The Post.

These high-school principals were accused of various schemes to pass struggling students, according to investigators and whistleblowers:

Tyee Chin of Flushing HS put 254 kids in geometry classes but ordered them taught algebra so they could pass the Regents exam.
Namita Dwarka of William Cullen Bryant HS falsely labeled students English-learners to give them more time on Regents exams.
Kathleen Elvin of John Dewey HS programmed hundreds of sham classes to give students credits without instruction.
Howard Kwait of John Bowne HS coerced teachers to change grades to boost the graduation rate.
Richard Massel of Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design altered transcripts and gave students fake PE classes.

 

[OldLady]

States need to pass a law that says to graduate from HS you must pass the GED.

http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/this-journalism-school-has-a-big-grade-fixing-problem/

july 1 2017 Grade-fixing is alive and well in NYC schools as administrators come up with tricky new ways to inflate their graduation rates — and few of the hundreds of cheating complaints ever get investigated.

The latest scandal erupted at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn when a student who had cut a required English class dozens of times and got the lowest failing grade, a 45, walked on stage in a white cap and gown to get his diploma — even after a whistle-blowing teacher cried foul.

Principal Marc Williams did not simply change the student’s grade in the class he had failed — a method used by other city administrators. Instead, he added an English course to the teen’s transcript, and let him sit at a computer for a few days to do an online program, teachers said. A whistle-blower claimed a classmate sat next to the teen and helped him take the tests to get a passing 65 grade. Told about the apparent cheating, the principal did nothing, sources told The Post.

These high-school principals were accused of various schemes to pass struggling students, according to investigators and whistleblowers:

Tyee Chin of Flushing HS put 254 kids in geometry classes but ordered them taught algebra so they could pass the Regents exam.
Namita Dwarka of William Cullen Bryant HS falsely labeled students English-learners to give them more time on Regents exams.
Kathleen Elvin of John Dewey HS programmed hundreds of sham classes to give students credits without instruction.
Howard Kwait of John Bowne HS coerced teachers to change grades to boost the graduation rate.
Richard Massel of Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design altered transcripts and gave students fake PE classes.

MORE standardized tests aren't going to solve your problem.
I prepare people for the equivalency exam. Not everyone is strong enough academically to pass it, but if a student is hard working, puts in the effort and achieves at his capacity throughout his school career, should he/she be denied a diploma? Some students can't do algebra. They take business math. There is no "business math" test on the GED. Students with dyslexia or other reading comprehension issues struggle with the tide of words flung at them in a GED test under a timer. If they are competent when presented with information in another way, should they not be allowed to graduate?

I know it's a problem graduating kids who aren't ready. Your article really only tells us of one kid in one school, since the rest are uninvestigated accusations. But the pressure schools are under to graduate kids is twofold. One, they know that without a hs diploma, the kid is basically doomed. Second, graduation rates are used as a performance indicator and that in turn directly impacts their funding and their functioning in the future. The more testing and statistics that are used to "measure" school performance, the worse it is going to get.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Schools are dong children no favors by doing this. They are simply covering their own asses

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

States need to pass a law that says to graduate from HS you must pass the GED.

http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/this-journalism-school-has-a-big-grade-fixing-problem/

july 1 2017 Grade-fixing is alive and well in NYC schools as administrators come up with tricky new ways to inflate their graduation rates — and few of the hundreds of cheating complaints ever get investigated.

The latest scandal erupted at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn when a student who had cut a required English class dozens of times and got the lowest failing grade, a 45, walked on stage in a white cap and gown to get his diploma — even after a whistle-blowing teacher cried foul.

Principal Marc Williams did not simply change the student’s grade in the class he had failed — a method used by other city administrators. Instead, he added an English course to the teen’s transcript, and let him sit at a computer for a few days to do an online program, teachers said. A whistle-blower claimed a classmate sat next to the teen and helped him take the tests to get a passing 65 grade. Told about the apparent cheating, the principal did nothing, sources told The Post.

These high-school principals were accused of various schemes to pass struggling students, according to investigators and whistleblowers:

Tyee Chin of Flushing HS put 254 kids in geometry classes but ordered them taught algebra so they could pass the Regents exam.
Namita Dwarka of William Cullen Bryant HS falsely labeled students English-learners to give them more time on Regents exams.
Kathleen Elvin of John Dewey HS programmed hundreds of sham classes to give students credits without instruction.
Howard Kwait of John Bowne HS coerced teachers to change grades to boost the graduation rate.
Richard Massel of Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design altered transcripts and gave students fake PE classes.

MORE standardized tests aren't going to solve your problem.
I prepare people for the equivalency exam. Not everyone is strong enough academically to pass it, but if a student is hard working, puts in the effort and achieves at his capacity throughout his school career, should he/she be denied a diploma? Some students can't do algebra. They take business math. There is no "business math" test on the GED. Students with dyslexia or other reading comprehension issues struggle with the tide of words flung at them in a GED test under a timer. If they are competent when presented with information in another way, should they not be allowed to graduate?

I know it's a problem graduating kids who aren't ready. Your article really only tells us of one kid in one school, since the rest are uninvestigated accusations. But the pressure schools are under to graduate kids is twofold. One, they know that without a hs diploma, the kid is basically doomed. Second, graduation rates are used as a performance indicator and that in turn directly impacts their funding and their functioning in the future. The more testing and statistics that are used to "measure" school performance, the worse it is going to get.

So all you're really saying is that, if they try and show up, give them a diploma like a participation trophy.

 

[Roudy]

Let's take a wild guess at their party affiliation....

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Let's take a wild guess at their party affiliation....

Of course they're Republican. Liberals is smart. They tells us every day!

 

[Roudy]

Let's take a wild guess at their party affiliation....

Of course they're Republican. Liberals is smart. They tells us every day!

And liberals never ever ever commit any type of fraud. LOL

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Democrats finally perfected a system that manufactures the next generation of uneducated, government dependent Democrat voters - and got us to pay for it too!

Trump needs to completely eliminate the Department of "education"

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Next time you see some dip shit millennial talking shit about something he/she knows nothing about remember this thread

 

[Muhammed]

A lot of this is cultural. Blacks, especially black males, who do well academically are often berated for "acting white" by other blacks and may often be the targets of bullies.

The average I.Q. of blacks being a mere 85 also doesn't help their situation.

 

[OldLady]

States need to pass a law that says to graduate from HS you must pass the GED.

http://nypost.com/2017/07/01/this-journalism-school-has-a-big-grade-fixing-problem/

july 1 2017 Grade-fixing is alive and well in NYC schools as administrators come up with tricky new ways to inflate their graduation rates — and few of the hundreds of cheating complaints ever get investigated.

The latest scandal erupted at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn when a student who had cut a required English class dozens of times and got the lowest failing grade, a 45, walked on stage in a white cap and gown to get his diploma — even after a whistle-blowing teacher cried foul.

Principal Marc Williams did not simply change the student’s grade in the class he had failed — a method used by other city administrators. Instead, he added an English course to the teen’s transcript, and let him sit at a computer for a few days to do an online program, teachers said. A whistle-blower claimed a classmate sat next to the teen and helped him take the tests to get a passing 65 grade. Told about the apparent cheating, the principal did nothing, sources told The Post.

These high-school principals were accused of various schemes to pass struggling students, according to investigators and whistleblowers:

Tyee Chin of Flushing HS put 254 kids in geometry classes but ordered them taught algebra so they could pass the Regents exam.
Namita Dwarka of William Cullen Bryant HS falsely labeled students English-learners to give them more time on Regents exams.
Kathleen Elvin of John Dewey HS programmed hundreds of sham classes to give students credits without instruction.
Howard Kwait of John Bowne HS coerced teachers to change grades to boost the graduation rate.
Richard Massel of Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design altered transcripts and gave students fake PE classes.

MORE standardized tests aren't going to solve your problem.
I prepare people for the equivalency exam. Not everyone is strong enough academically to pass it, but if a student is hard working, puts in the effort and achieves at his capacity throughout his school career, should he/she be denied a diploma? Some students can't do algebra. They take business math. There is no "business math" test on the GED. Students with dyslexia or other reading comprehension issues struggle with the tide of words flung at them in a GED test under a timer. If they are competent when presented with information in another way, should they not be allowed to graduate?

I know it's a problem graduating kids who aren't ready. Your article really only tells us of one kid in one school, since the rest are uninvestigated accusations. But the pressure schools are under to graduate kids is twofold. One, they know that without a hs diploma, the kid is basically doomed. Second, graduation rates are used as a performance indicator and that in turn directly impacts their funding and their functioning in the future. The more testing and statistics that are used to "measure" school performance, the worse it is going to get.

So all you're really saying is that, if they try and show up, give them a diploma like a participation trophy.

No, not exactly.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Trump needs to completely eliminate the Department of "education"

Yes he should esp since the DOE is brazenly unconstitutional. Education is nowhere mentioned in the constitution and that means it is entirely a state matter as per the tenth amendment.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

A lot of this is cultural. Blacks, especially black males, who do well academically are often berated for "acting white" by other blacks and may often be the targets of bullies.

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That's fake news from the media. The reason blacks don't apply themselves in school is because it's too embarrassing. They simply can't keep up with the whites and asians and so they save face by saying "i'm not even gonna try". THINK

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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Not everyone is strong enough academically to pass it, but if a student is hard working, puts in the effort and achieves at his capacity throughout his school career, should he/she be denied a diploma?

HAHAHA. Did you really say that.?? As long as they TRY, they should graduate?????!!! You libs are the dumbest creatures ever.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

A lot of this is cultural. Blacks, especially black males, who do well academically are often berated for "acting white" by other blacks and may often be the targets of bullies.

.

That's fake news from the media. The reason blacks don't apply themselves in school is because it's too embarrassing. They simply can't keep up with the whites and asians and so they save face by saying "i'm not even gonna try". THINK

They're just too busy busy holding up those saggin' britches to study or pay attention.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

What's the point in going to school at all if nothing is going to be learned?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Muhammed]

A lot of this is cultural. Blacks, especially black males, who do well academically are often berated for "acting white" by other blacks and may often be the targets of bullies.

.

That's fake news from the media. The reason blacks don't apply themselves in school is because it's too embarrassing. They simply can't keep up with the whites and asians and so they save face by saying "i'm not even gonna try". THINK

They're just too busy busy holding up those saggin' britches to study or pay attention.

I remember when the saggy drawers fad started. They would do that as a sign that they've been to jail. When you go to jail the COs always take your belt thus making your pants sag down if they are loose fitting.

It's a fucked up cultural thing. It's like a badge of honor rather than shame to have been in jail. Sort of like a rite of passage.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

What's the point in going to school at all if nothing is going to be learned?

They're really just free day care and free food. More welfare.

 

[Roudy]

A lot of this is cultural. Blacks, especially black males, who do well academically are often berated for "acting white" by other blacks and may often be the targets of bullies.

.

That's fake news from the media. The reason blacks don't apply themselves in school is because it's too embarrassing. They simply can't keep up with the whites and asians and so they save face by saying "i'm not even gonna try". THINK

They're just too busy busy holding up those saggin' britches to study or pay attention.

I remember when the saggy drawers fad started. They would do that as a sign that they've been to jail. When you go to jail the COs always take your belt thus making your pants sag down if they are loose fitting.

It's a fucked up cultural thing. It's like a badge of honor rather than shame to have been in jail. Sort of like a rite of passage.

Either that or they've pooped in their pants.

 

[Picaro]

Schools are dong children no favors by doing this. They are simply covering their own asses

Black politicians screwed their own people as usual, by turning Affirmative Action into a quota system; that way they never have to bother with actually educating minorities. Now they punish high achievers, especially Asian students, in many states' education systems.