Well, that’s one way to improve test scores…
Education Tagged public schools, standardized test scores, texas principal March 27th, 2008Public schools must really be having a hard time turning out well-educated students. In fact, one Texas principal is so upset that he threatened to kill a group of middle-school science teachers and himself if their students didn’t improve their standardized test scores.
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
That’s a bit drastic…even by my standards! YIKES.
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March 27th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
This principal is following very well Dale Carnegie’s principles from How to Win Friends and Influence People:
1) Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
2) Arouse in the other person an eager want.
Maybe we should send him a copy of the book signed by us.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I second Izzy’s suggestion.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I third it. And, lucky for him, we have ten zillion extra copies around the office.