In one of our Wednesday open threads a couple of weeks ago, George mentioned my policy for handling late assignments. I’ve written about it on my personal blog before, but I thought I’d expand on it ...

My first-year seminar (Handelsman, 2020) is designed to help students transition to college. What should my policy be toward late assignments? At one extreme is a “zero-tolerance” policy: Students get ...

In this photo taken in 2010, Scappoose High sophomore Candice Thompson works to determine the area of a parallelogram, one of about 20 key skills she must master to pass her math class. Scappoose High ...

WILLMAR - Daegan Glesne had a rocky adjustment to Willmar Middle School this fall. At first, he turned in assignments late, if he turned them in at all, and he did some shoddy work. He spent time in ...