KLFM 967 (UK): GCSE Fiasco: Report Blames Teachers' Marking Teenagers have been let down by an exams system that is abused by teachers who are under intense pressure to achieve good grades, regulator Ofqual has said. Teachers in some of England's secondary schools were guilty of "significantly" over-marking pupils' GCSE English work this summer in order to boost results, according to Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey. In a new report into this summer's GCSE English fiasco, Ms Stacey said that it is hard for teachers to maintain their integrity when they believe that others are playing the system. She laid blame for the debacle on intense pressure on schools to reach certain targets, which led to over-marking, as well as poorly designed exams and too much of an emphasis on work marked by teachers. Sydney Morning Herald: Principal arrested over prophet insult Arab Times Online: Test paper ‘blasphemous’ - Pakistan police arrest school head Sex abuse, male perps: Phillip Marquis Burns, academic coach at Wesley Heights Elementary School [Muscogee County School District], Columbus, Georgia, "charged with one count of child molestation and one count of sodomy for alleged sexual conduct with high school students in another school system" Phillip Marquis Burns, Columbus, Georgia (arrested Oct 2012) Clyde Bernard Valentine, 59, former technology teacher (fired) at Philip O. Berry Academy of Technology [Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools], Charlotte, North Carolina, "suspended in June after he was arrested on charges of indecent liberties with a minor", "arrested again in September for statutory rape" Assumed room temperature: Clyde Bernard Valentine, Charlotte, North Carolina (arrested June 2012) Additional news reports for: Craig Chandler, San Jose, California (arrested Jan 2012) Non-sex stuff: Additional news reports for: Lyn Vijayendran, San Jose, California (arrested July 2012) [failure to report abuse] Study abroad: Siwan Ellis, head of English and Drama at Ysgol Gyfun Bryntawe [City & Council of Swansea Education Directorate], Penlan, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, DUI Siwan Ellis, Penlan, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom (arrested May 2012) [DUI] Tags:
