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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh.

Here is the problem with MCPS.

The grading system, ParentVue, etc, doesn't work well enough for parents to be able to see if kids are turning in assignments on time.

In addition, most teachers just let kids skate and if they don't turn in assignments, oh well, that's on them! THey will just get a D.

So the kids are not held accountable.

And yes, ideally, kids are organized enough to stay on top of their work and be diligent and turn it all in on their own.

But they are kids!

Personally I think MCPS needs a better system that shows what is due and when and whether they have been turned in. Kids should get a couple days grace period and if it hasn't been turned in by the deadline, an email automatically goes out to parents and kid. Kid has two days to turn in assignment but has a few points taken off.

When I was in school,. you had to turn your assignments in in person. The teacher would say, turn your assignment in, she would count them, and if yours wasn't there, she would publically shame you by asking you why you had not turned your assignment in. Parents would be called.

Now teachers are just like, whatever. And the parents can't figure out because the system doesn't update well![/quote]

How tuned in are you to the current conversations in education?

Publicly shaming kids is not something that would go down well in the current climate.

Teachers have to give up because if they hold to hard and fast rules and standards, they get pummeled by entitled parents and kids who lobby and argue for extensions, passes and grace. This is not on the teachers.

It's on us as parents, because the system has gotten that way because we've allowed the loudest voices in the room to drive our education system. When a teacher gives our kids a bad grade, we're the first to cry about how unfair it is. When our kid fails to turn in an assignment, we're quick to ask how many times the teacher told or reminded our kid about the assignment before they failed.

As a matter of fact, we have complained so much that MCPS makes it harder for kids to even fail with the automatic 50% rule. So yeah, this is on us as parents in large part.

The other part of it is driven by misguided educators and administrators who have twisted and warped antiracism and equity principles into lax standards and decided to treat words like "discipline" and "accountability" as dirty and oppressive.[/quote]

PUblically shame were the wrong words to use. But I see nothing wrong with a teacher saying, "Larlo, I am missing your assignment. Do you have it today?" And when Larlo says no, say, "WHy not and when are you going to turn it in?"

You did not address my comment about ParentVue not working well enough. Parents CANT see if their kids are behind because the tech doesn't work well enough. I have worked in education at both the high school and graduate school level, teaching and adminstering. There is no reason why parents shouldn't be able to see what assignments are due when and whether they have been turned in or not.

MCPS does not hold kids accountable to turning in their work AND it does not give parents the tools to over see whether their kids are turning things in. That is a problem that could be easily solved by the proposed system I lay out above. [/quote]

I agree with you that ParentVUE doesn't give full transparency, but your kid is in that classroom every day and should be listening and attuned to when things are assigned and when they are due. Especially at the high school level.

Full transparency would just completely shift the burden of responsibility from the student to the parents, which isn't the skill or lesson they're supposed to be learning.[/quote]

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