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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP, No matter how often you post that it's opaque doesn't make it so.

Our children know much more,  at any given point ,than I and my peers knew back in the '70s, '80s, and 90s.  This is indisputable so It really falls back on people not liking any change.

Education must be doing something right because students are going to college and record levels. Applying in record levels. And they have much broader skills and knowledge base.

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But isn’t also true that a higher percentage of students are arriving at college unprepared? More college kids take remedial classes today than in the past. Things they should have learned before graduating HS.

- Pro-rolling grade book but frustrated that it negatively impacts the non-content based skills such as time management (HUGE problem). This is like gluing notes in notebooks — learning how to note take has been lost when it used to start in ES. [/quote]

I should also say that the multiple retakes acceptance of late homework is a bigger issue re: time management. And the multiple retakes / late homework is enabled by the rolling grade book. I like that kids can continue to work on something over the course of the class, but still it negatively impacts time management. These are teens … many who will procrastinate to their own detriment.[/quote]
This is a good point. Having quarterly grades forces kids to bring themselves up-to-date since they can't submit afterward and they know they will be graded on what's submitted by the deadline. This ensures that they don't slip too far behind in the class. How does it work with rolling grade book? Do teachers accept work & give credit whenever, even if it comes in after quarter end?[/quote]

My undersanding is that teachers only accept late work for 2 weeks from deadline where you can earn 90%. After that you get a 50%.[/quote]

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