Delaney card

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The Delaney Card is a method of classroom management. This small card has been used extensively in the New York metropolitan area since the 1950s. Each Delaney card contains the name of one student in class. The teacher would have a large book with sturdy cardboard pages with small slots cut out, with a Delaney card in each slot. The cards are placed according to the position of each student's desk, much like law school professor's class face books. One side of the card has the months and days printed in a columns so that the teacher can keep track of the student's attendance. The other side contains the student's contact information, as well as a grid that is usually used by the teacher to mark class participation. The sides are also printed in different colors, and typically the card is flipped over to mark an absence, to remind the teacher the next day of a previous absence.

The New York Times profiled the cards and their creator, Edward C. Delaney, in 2003.

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Hartocollis, Anemona. "The Cards That Put Students in Their Place" New York Times, 9/14/2003. [1]