Q about deadline/due date
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Anonymous
| Is there some guidance about how much time should be between a due date and a deadline? My kid has a teacher that regularly makes the deadline a day or two after the due date, so if you accidentally miss the deadline, you're precluded from turning in the assignment at all. This seems to violate the spirit of the rule, but perhaps not the letter of the rule. Does anyone know? |
Anonymous
| Question - if you have an excused absence and you can't turn it in until after the deadline, do you get full credit? |
Anonymous
| My child’s school has school-wide deadlines that are announced through the weekly message. I think it is every two weeks (don’t hold me to that). It is true that if something is due the week of the deadline, then a child won’t have much extra time, but I think having any built in buffer is pretty generous. I am glad it’s not longer so my child can’t procrastinate. |
Anonymous
In other words, your kid is planning to the deadline and not the due date? Appropriate deadlines vary based on the task. My usual structure is that deadlines are at least enough days so students with extended time fit that in before the deadline. For example a HW given with 2 days notice has a deadline the next day. If we spent four days in class working on a task, the deadline is at least 2 additional days. In reality, I use quizzes and tests as natural deadlines. It doesn’t help kids to let them build up a huge pile of unfinished work. Turn in what you have and move on. |
Anonymous
| My MS school makes teachers keep all assignments u locked until the last day of the quarter. This is why I think the changes to the 50% rule will still not be meaningful. We also get inconsistent messaging at the school level about how much we can lower the grade for something submitted after the due date but before the deadline |