EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sean Penn, Grade Inflation
16 May 2016
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School reform in the 1980"s: a nation at risk (1983) Previous: students were in special enclaves (shopping mall schools). 2. to shape their education or slide by. A nation at risk (1983: movie: fast times at ridgemont high a. Strict teacher tells sean penn to get out of class. Lots of work: another clip (ditto"s class) b. i. Boring class, students don"t pay attention in class. All these media depictions are exaggerations of what b. iii. actually happens. Important because people pick up their basis on what they see in films: 1988 raegan conducts study called a nation at risk. Variety of choice not used well sometimes c. iii. studied amount of hours" students are using are going down, but having grade inflation c. iv. requirements for graduation have slipped. One quarter will accept any high school graduate. Have become easier and easier to be admitted. c. vi. Comparison to other countries, us school year is shorter (180 days us, 200/220 other countries) c. vii.
