No Zeros? The new motivator for slacker students

Recently an article was published in the Knox News Sentinel entitled No Zeros. It details a new policy created by a Sevier County Principal in which students can no longer be awarded zeros for missing assignments. Instead students are required to tun in the work, no matter how long it takes and with extensive consequences attached. An individual's choices become a school wide concern. All of the teachers of this "slacker" student become involved in obtaining the missing work and use vehicles such as study hall, detention, and exclusion from school activities as the motivator. This policy is based on Dan Hill's new book, Power of ICU: The End of Student Apathy ... Reviving Engagement and Responsibility.

No zeros: Sevier principal subscribes to educator’s idea to encourage students to turn in homework

Jayson Nave had a problem.

As the principal of Sevierville Middle School in Sevier County, Nave had a responsibility for his students' learning. But some of those students just weren't turning in their homework.

Nave and his teachers tried pleading and threatening. They tried failing students. Nothing seemed to work.

Power of ICU

Our goal at Gibson County High School is to promote excellence in all things. We want students to be prepared to be successful in any endeavor that they might choose. In order to do this we must make sure we have students engaged in the learning process. One of the things that we are implementing this year is a change in our approach to teaching. This change is Power of ICU.

ICU brings new life to learning at East Cheatham

Less than two months into the new school year, East Cheatham Elementary School principal Dawn Young can barely contain her excitement over the boost in enthusiasm, focus and the love for learning that she has seen among the students, faculty and staff.