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"Report cards go paperless, School system's robust use of technology helps parents"
Here's a truism of the Internet Age: Time and technology change everything.
So it is with the venerable tradition of the student report card. On Friday, the Clarksville-Montgomery School System will deliver first quarter marks primarily by computer, using the system's Web site and an interactive set of communication tools known as PowerSchool.
Many of us will recall the dutiful carrying home of grades as our first real brush with accountability. We handed them over to mom or dad or guardian with fear or pride, took our punishment or reward, and promised to keep up the good work or to get down to business and improve.
Today, however, schools are going paperless, sharing more information with students and parents via the Internet.
The intimate moment of handing over the report card may be lost forever, along with the charm of a keepsake written artifact carefully prepared by a teacher's hand, but we have to agree with the school system's increasing use of Web-based tools.
"Report cards go paperless, School system's robust use of technology helps parents"
Here's a truism of the Internet Age: Time and technology change everything.
So it is with the venerable tradition of the student report card. On Friday, the Clarksville-Montgomery School System will deliver first quarter marks primarily by computer, using the system's Web site and an interactive set of communication tools known as PowerSchool.
Many of us will recall the dutiful carrying home of grades as our first real brush with accountability. We handed them over to mom or dad or guardian with fear or pride, took our punishment or reward, and promised to keep up the good work or to get down to business and improve.
Today, however, schools are going paperless, sharing more information with students and parents via the Internet.
The intimate moment of handing over the report card may be lost forever, along with the charm of a keepsake written artifact carefully prepared by a teacher's hand, but we have to agree with the school system's increasing use of Web-based tools.