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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure this will make a huge difference for E and D students.  Many of them fail intentionally, so that they can just do the online make-up programs.  They will just google answers, use AI, or have a friend help them with the answers.  And then just click there way through with endless retakes.

It’s demoralizing as a teacher to see kids skip most of a semester, or sit in class on their phone, refuse to do work in a required class and then walk for graduation.[/quote]

I am a fan of these changes. But I disagree that it won’t make a big difference for lower performing students. Some kids just don’t have the capability to earn more than a D in certain classes and no amount of tutoring or IEP services will change that. The ability to recover from a Q1 and Q3 F is a game changer for them. Or at least it was for my kid.

I’m really surprised to hear so many parents worried that their high performing kid can’t slack off 50% of the time anymore with these changes. I don’t actually know any high performing kids that approached school that way and I know tons of high performing kids who perform at high levels all the time.

As far as teacher feedback on writing assignments, my daughter had quite a lot of both written and in person discussion on her writing assignments. She has turned into an excellent writer with much better skills than some people who work for me.

And last thing. Montgomery College is not only nationally very highly ranked. It also has one of the largest, if not the largest, populations of international students. If I am remembering correctly, when my son started a year and a half ago, the student population included people from 151 countries. [/quote]

There are very, very few classes that are required to take  where it's impossible to get a C or higher. IEP students have access to extremely modified curriculum and expectations. [/quote]

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