Video: Ellis Middle School goes national

Published 10:47 am Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Ellis Middle School Principal Katie Berglund appeared this morning on Fox and Friends to discuss the school's new grading system, which gives grades based on life skills.

Ellis Middle School Principal Katie Berglund appeared on “Fox and Friends” this morning with Gretchen Carlson as part of Fox’s look into creative methods of dealing with the education system throughout the country.

Berglund discussed the middle school’s grading for learning program, which incorporates a life skills category into the grading scale. Berglund, Ellis and Austin Public Schools were featured in a New York Times article published over the weekend.

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Look to Wednesday’s print and online edition of the Austin Daily Herald for more on Berglund’s take on the program and the spotlight.