What Is A Delaney Card?

Dear Dr. Kirk:

Recently someone told me about a classroom management tool called Delaney cards.  Can you tell me what these are and did you invent them?

Just curious

Dear Curious:

Delaney cards were used by public school teachers to keep track of attendance and grades and to determine seating arrangements in the classroom. You can still obtain Delaney cards here.  And no, I didn't invent these.  They were developed by Edward C. Delaney, a graduate of Harvard University and history teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City.

Comments

[Mike Wagner]

I can just hear some student saying, "my professor played the Delaney Card!"

Keep creating...appropriate levels of student anxiety,

Mike

[Dr. Delaney Kirk]

Maybe I need to play the "Delaney Card" more often! Thanks for stopping by.