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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government? [/quote]

If the school board has said that a kid not turning in work still starts with a 50%, then yeah, that needs to go away. Attendance does not equal a grade. Students need to be turning in work on time. Students not turning in work should earn a 0 on the assignment. Students turning in work late should lose points for turning in the assignment late. I promise you that these types of policies are not doing students any good. It is inflating grades and moving kids ahead when they are not ready. They are not teaching kids habits that will help them in life. [/quote]
When they do not turn in an assignment, not only should students earn a 0, they should get the additional assignment of having to use algebra to calculate their new overall class grade with that newly earned 0. If they don't turn in their grade calculation, that's another 0.[/quote]
and then the kid realizes that even though it's only October, there's basically nothing they can do to pass the class. and then what? they just sit there. and distract others. and don't learn anything. they have no motivation to. that's why I have very mixed feelings on the no zero policy.[/quote]

That is where having year long classes is stupid. Break it up into semesters (like many other states do). If a I'd fails geometry A first semester they retake it 2nd quarter and they have to do geometry B over summer.
Break up history courses into A and B. If a kid fails world history A but passed world history B, they only need to do world history A over the summer.[/quote]

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