Louisiana Educator: Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School Grading

Louisiana Educator: Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School Grading:

Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School Grading

I believe this article applies perfectly to Louisiana and our dysfunctional school grading system

This week, the Fort Wayne Community School Board passed a resolution 6-1 stating the board would, “no longer publicly recognize schools based on the letter grade assigned to a school based on the A-F grading system.” This system was put in place by former superintendent Tony Bennett, who has been accused of rigging grades to help GOP donors. 

Phyllis Bush is a retired educator who has written an open letterto parents and educators about Indiana’s flawed rating system to encourage other local school boards to accept a similar resolution. 

Lately I have grown so weary of all of the labeling and grading of children that when I drive down the road and see a car proudly sporting a bumper sticker which proclaims,”My child is an HONOR student at “X” school or when I see a school sign board boldly proclaiming, “We are an A school,” I wonder if the purpose is to