Grades Fixed: An Allegation Shocks No One
The headline says it all. A competitive high school in NJ has been altering the books for years. They have been changing grades for seniors (without their knowledge) to get them into better colleges and universities. This is not a new phenomena:
"After all, the banks and brokerages have had to restate their earnings. Baseball statistics have to be retrofitted either with or without steroids. What’s the surprise in a high school having to figure out how many transcripts sent to colleges were given a happy tweak to remove a nasty C or turn a B into an A?"
What is this all about? Are they doing it for the kids? Nope, its all about reputation and money...
"Which, of course, is the name of the game. Dr. Bandlow indicated that part of the reason for the false reports wasn’t to help the students — it was to enhance the school’s reputation. And why not? In many hypercompetitive school districts (and you know who you are), the real final report card is how seniors fare in getting into top colleges."
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