Commentary: As bad as the pandemic was for student learning, if some current education fads continue, the future could be worse.
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One Virginia high school has gone a step further, not just rewarding students who do no work but also penalizing students with high academic achievement. Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria withheld National Merit awards notifications from students and their families. These students did not learn that their hard work and study had placed them among the best in the country.
But not everywhere. Catholic schools still deliver letter grades. And across the country, Catholic schools emerged from the pandemic with relatively strong academic performance. As measured in last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, Catholic schools’ eighth grade reading scores increased during the pandemic, while public school scores declined.
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