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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I would support this but with one concern.  My kids sometimes had assignments that they somehow missed being assigned — by the time is shows up on parentvue or studentvue, it’s often too late to turn it in.  50% rule avoids that
 leading to the grace totally tanking.  So I guess I’d just want there to be clear notice that something is missing before it’s a zero.  [/quote]
NP here. Yes - that’s the contact home three times part. In my case that would be bulk email from Canvas for missing assignment, then bulk email from Synergy for missing assignment, then direct email as third and final warning. Make sure your email is correct in Synergy, that you’re set up as an observer in Canvas, and that you actually look at the emails.

This is a return to pre-Covid policies (including the possibility of E3 due to lack of attendance), except with 50% rule for all attempted work. The seemingly more generous policy during Covid was actually hurting many of the kids it was intended to help. Some students just want to do bare minimum to pass a class. I had students who were absent more than half the time and who never turned in work. They would show up at the end of the quarter and try to do 3 or 4 assignments out of 10 in order to pass. But they’d earn Ds on them because they hadn’t learned anything. They didn’t understand why their grade only went from a 50% to a 54%. Previously, if an assignment was missing and was calculating as 0, just trying it and turning it in (and getting 50%) would have a much bigger effect on their grade. So if they were already at 50% (because they had done some work) finishing 3-4 assignments would get them passing.

I’m most excited to see the return of the attendance policy. I had students tell me last year that they didn’t come to school because now they didn’t have to. The students did not see the connection that if they weren’t in class, they didn’t learn what they needed to in order to do well on assignments.

This is a good thing.[/quote]

Yes, the 50% rule was fine. If you're serious about making grades harder, stop messing around and grade on a curve.[/quote]

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