Or they could work on policies that reward significant improvement throughout the year. A rough start can be just that. Mandating that everything is at least 50%, even when a student gets a 0%, is a terrible idea.
Yeah, this is really just a terrible idea. Mark the grades differently for quarters and allow children to do makeup work to bring a quarter up, a lot like they do with retaking classes in college.
Seriously, don't the administrators see something's wrong when the retired Home Ec teacher is saying that they're being too easy on the kids? In my high school, home ec was the class you took when you wanted an easy A.
No, they don't see anything wrong, and neither do 90% of the parents who prefer to let the schools parent their child. This kind of crap is exactly why I send my child to private school. Schools are (for all practical purposes) a government run monopoly with NO incentives to provide a good product. So what happens when schools fail? They get taken over by another government agency which won't do any better. The political machine around schools (including the unions) will ensure that we never get better scho
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Or they could work on policies that reward significant improvement throughout the year. A rough start can be just that. Mandating that everything is at least 50%, even when a student gets a 0%, is a terrible idea.
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Seriously, don't the administrators see something's wrong when the retired Home Ec teacher is saying that they're being too easy on the kids? In my high school, home ec was the class you took when you wanted an easy A.
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No, they don't see anything wrong, and neither do 90% of the parents who prefer to let the schools parent their child. This kind of crap is exactly why I send my child to private school. Schools are (for all practical purposes) a government run monopoly with NO incentives to provide a good product. So what happens when schools fail? They get taken over by another government agency which won't do any better. The political machine around schools (including the unions) will ensure that we never get better scho