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Another reason for vouchers
After a few parents complained that their children might be ridiculed for not making the list [of honor-roll students], lawyers for the Nashville school system warned that state privacy laws forbid releasing any academic information, good or bad, without permission....As a result, all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are also considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways..."
Principal Steven Baum "thinks spelling bees and other publicly graded events are leftovers from the days of ranking and sorting students" and says "I discourage competitive games at school. They just don't fit my worldview of what a school should be." (From the Wash. Post)
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on January 26, 2004 at 08:12 AM in Education | Permalink
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