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[quote=Anonymous]I would like to know how much Madison has spent on consultants, workshops, ect... Wouldn't the money have been better spent on instruction for individual failing students during Warhawk time or lowering class sizes in some of the general classes? Just by lowering class size, a teacher has more time to give individual feedback or give some teachers fewer classes. Also, there are plenty of people in the Vienna community willing to help with a grassroots project of helping failing students.

A teacher at Justice H.S. recently warned about the spread of SBG:

"Welch works with children who don’t have college-educated parents demanding they turn homework in on time no matter what the new rules say. To those calling for grading reform, he said, equity means “we should not expect students of color, low-income, and/or non-native English speaking backgrounds to do things like homework, participate in class, or meet deadlines because these students have disadvantages.”

“I wholeheartedly believe this is not equity,” Welch said. [b]His beginning years as a teacher in New York City and Fairfax County taught him that “equity means holding all students to high expectations, even when it may be difficult for them to meet those expectations.” T[/b]o do otherwise, he said, “would be cheating students out of an education they deserve and need to compete in the world.” Advocates of grading reform insist that won’t happen, but there is little control-group research on either side of the argument to settle the issue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/15/pandemic-easy-teaching-hurting-students/[/quote]

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