Actual story:
Pushy parents who pile pressure on teachers to improve their children's GCSE or A-level grades will be reported to exam boards, headteachers have warned.
Exams watchdog Ofqual supports the stance, saying any attempt to interfere with teachers' assessments breaches the rules and if malpractice is found, a pupil's results could be quashed.
In other words, they will only cut grades if it's found that the teacher has given in to persuasion and inflated them. Not simply as revenge for the peasants daring to challenge them.
But that's not what the alarmist headline implies, is it?
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Considering about 20% of school leavers are functionally illiterate after about 13 years of school its not surprising parents are a bit upset. If teachers were paid according to results they would be in for a real drop in pay.
Innumerate as well don't forget.
A story that I recall from Notalwaysright.com, pavers are on special offer at five for $20. When the cashier rings them up the price comes up at $1.38 each. Customer insists on paying the special offer price. Cashier has to manually change the price from $1.38 to $4. That was the US obviously but there are similar stories from all over the world.
"If teachers were paid according to results they would be in for a real drop in pay."
So would about half of the NHS...
"That was the US obviously but there are similar stories from all over the world."
Oh, I can well believe it!
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