Credit for a course not taken?

[chanel]

A New York City schoolteacher claims there has not been an English teacher at her middle school since September and says the principal is completely aware of this.

“A student came in with a copy of his report card thanking me for giving him an 80 in English,” said Taylor. “And I thought the kid was joking because I do not teach English. So I said, ‘let me see that.’ My name was there and he did have a grade of 80 that I did not give him.”

News 4 New York contacted the school’s principal but she declined to comment, referring us to the New York City Department of Education instead.

For the third quarter, she is refusing to submit grades for a class she never taught and blames the principal for allowing this to happen.

The Department of Education confirms third quarter grades for these students are incomplete but would only say that they are investigating allegations of grade tampering.

NYC School Hasn't Had English Teacher in 8 Months, Gives Grades for Subject Anyway: Claim | NBC New York

Grade tampering happens every day. I'm surprised we don't hear more stories like this. Well, not really.

 

[random3434]

I give this story a F and the thread an A!


WTH? If the prinicpal ok'd this, then she better damn well be held accountable.

 

[Skull Pilot]

What do you expect from a so called education system that endorses grading on a curve?

Seems to me that just handing out grades for courses not taken is the next logical step.

 

[Ravi]

Sounds like a computer glitch. She was told to teach English but taught Humanities and Social Studies.

Mildred Taylor, a teacher at Manhattan Middle School in Washington Heights, said she was hired to teach social studies and humanities, but that her principal, Brenda Hollomon, assigned her to teach an English class.
“I grieved it and my union said I didn't have to teach it,” said Taylor. “So they changed it to humanities. And I started teaching social studies and humanities."
Since September, Taylor has assumed those two roles, but about a month ago, she noticed a big discrepancy.
“A student came in with a copy of his report card thanking me for giving him an 80 in English,” said Taylor. “And I thought the kid was joking because I do not teach English. So I said, ‘let me see that.’ My name was there and he did have a grade of 80 that I did not give him.”
According to Taylor’s grading records for her humanities class. The record shows one student received a 65 for the class. But when we looked at a copy of the same student's report card, there is no mention of a humanities class. What we did find was an English course, with Taylor listed as the instructor, and a grade of 65.

 

[chanel]

Could be but the article says no one is teaching English. I'm pretty certain that's a required subject in NY. Maybe not in AZ, but that's a different story...lol