Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Portland Public Schools product value

The Willamette Week has the story on incentives to attend school for Marshall students. In the 2009 class of 100 - 34% dropped out. It had only 37% of on-time graduates.

The rationale: "Operating with the belief that rewarding good attendance is as important if not more important than punishing poor attendance, Marshall and District staff have developed a process to reward good or improved attendance."

When the educational product requires an incentive for "purchase," what does that say about the quality?

Portland Public Schools product value

The Willamette Week has the story on incentives to attend school for Marshall students. In the 2009 class of 100 - 34% dropped out. It had only 37% of on-time graduates.

The rationale: "Operating with the belief that rewarding good attendance is as important if not more important than punishing poor attendance, Marshall and District staff have developed a process to reward good or improved attendance."

When the educational product requires an incentive for "purchase," what does that say about the quality?