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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new grading policy is actually standard at many post secondary institutions. The new policy is that no student will receive less than 50% regardless of whether or not the assignment was completed.

It is much easier to improve your score from
50 than 20. I am not sure what the big deal is other than some parents and educators having a punitive mindset.

Kids can still earn an F, but if they decide that they want to try, they have the ability to reach success from that 50.

This [b]really is an equitable approach to learning[/b] for all students. Thankful that our county has finally entered the current century in [b]best practices in education.[/b][/quote]

These types of things are the worst possible things one can do for education. Why engineer grades to pass more kids that don't know the material? I don't really understand how you calling that "equity" actually benefits them. Think about it, do you want many kids to coast through k-12 and then fail in college, full of debt? Think about how crushing that is on their life. That is already a huuuge issue for many many of them who have lots college debt.

We should be teaching our kids the exact opposite; resilience, and figuring out how to learn and improve. Even in a pandemic, we should be able to collectively do that as parents and teachers.[/quote]

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