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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain the difference? [/quote]

The due date comes first. This is the official language in the regulation on grading and reporting:

Secondary teachers are responsible for the following:

a) Establishing due dates and deadlines.

(1) Teachers are expected to separate the due date from the deadline in order to increase opportunities for students to complete assignments.

(2) Work turned in after the due date and by the deadline may be lowered no more than one letter grade or 10 percent of the grade. Work submitted after the deadline will be recorded as a zero. [/quote]

That’s really stupid and just reinforces kids not doing their work on time. If I were a teacher there every deadline would be 1 day after the due date.[/quote]

Here’s the thing. You probably don’t have a child with legitimate struggles who can really learn and benefit from this practice. So it seems stupid. For those of us with kids who do struggle or who may not have easy access to resources such as internet, there is a significant benefit.

And, yes, in the workplace, deadlines are sometimes deadlines. But not always. I constantly see my coworkers asking for extensions of time to file a brief. But, even for jobs that have absolute deadlines that will never be moved and you’ll be fired if you miss, kids need time to learn and this practice provides that opportunity. Not everyone intuits time management and im glad that teachers in MCPS work with kids to learn this. [/quote]

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