Whew, it's quite an issue this week, folks. Announcing the release of our Red Tape Report pilot study on--you guessed it--red tape, Amber explains??the study's framework and invites your feedback (email all comments to [email protected]). Then Stafford investigates the GPA and some worrisome recent conversations on its calculation; perchance it's time for a standard GPA metric? What would such a metric look like? These questions and more... Further in, ??you'll find Massachusetts ratcheting up its graduation standards and a look at the much hallowed, but perhaps biased, NACAC study on standardized tests for college admission. Add to all this a rather stupendous podcast, and the flatscreen TVs (and on-site dry cleaning) of the LAUSD headquarters, and you may have your socks blown right off! It's all??here.
