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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, or start with the guidance counselor.  Get a tutor and make sure your kid is turning in their work (micromanage them).[/quote]

This is what I'm doing at this point, going through the system with her assignment by assignment. FWIW, she doesn't have this problem in the other classes that still use paper. And I see that she actually has the worksheet the night before, completed, and the next day, voila, she handed it in and the system shows the final grade. I can understand ok, the teachers are overwhelmed and are probably forced to use these apps, maybe there's a legal reason for them at this point to record all interactions. Who knows. I just don't like seeing the kids treated this way at only 12-years-old. As a parents I've come to realize how much more forgiving adults can be towards each other than they are towards kids. Should we really be teaching them to be so punitive. [/quote]

This is what we had to do and it's infuriating. 
Sometimes the student turns in hard copy work and the app doesn't reflect until it is graded. Sometimes they submit something but you can't see the submission in the app (?!). Don't even get me started on teachers grading hard copy work and not returning it to review. It's like all work disappears into the ether. When it works, it's great. But when it doesn't work, yes, we are being punitive on children.

OP I think you need to snapshot everything and make a tracking document of the app. Show where it's failing.
I now have a high schooler and she has a terrible teacher who can't control the talkers in her classroom. DD has missed hearing about assignments or critical topics because of this. The teacher doesn't have any other organized way to convey this information- like a summary of assignments online, or topic slides online. DD is keeping her grades up but I have taught her how to document these instances. It makes her feel better and in more control.

Isn't it terrible that we have come to this?[/quote]

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