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[quote=Anonymous][quote]He has all A-'s and one B+.[/quote]

Madison did away with + and -.

[quote]I wonder if a portion of those who are strongly against it are parents of kids who ARE very conscientious about doing all the homework and SBG doesn't give them the grade boost for that snymore?[/quote]

First of all, there is very little homework assigned in a general class. What is assigned is optional and not graded (I'm not talking about AP or honors). What Madison is doing is not counting CLASSWORK unless it is an assessment. This is what bothers me. My DC tells me of classes where there used to be an interesting discussion but no longer because how can you discuss something when no one has read the assigned article. I can't imagine teaching a class where the classwork doesn't count - this is the part that hurts poor kids the most, because now we are basically giving up on them. I would never teach in a school with SBG. I know there are teachers at Madison that are thinking about leaving. I have heard that administration does not want to hear what the teachers think about this and frankly, in my own conversations, I came to the conclusion they don't want to hear what parents think either. They survey students on everything (ask your kid about all the surveys they take in Warhawk time) but not about how SBG affects their mental health.

[quote]SBG seems to prioritize what the kid actually knows/shows about the material being taught. [/quote]
I think SBG is going to lead to kids learning less because that's what happens if you don't do the work. My husband and I have science/math backgrounds and you don't learn this material without doing the work. You don't just understand it even though you never practiced, and you can't just look up whatever you want to know. BTW the rest of the world isn't doing this crap. In China & India, do you think they are dumbing everything down so that the students getting Fs will now get a D? Do you think SBG is preparing your kid to compete in a world where people are working really hard?

I have a boy too. He has terrible work habits that started in middle school because of the late policy for assignments. I'm trying to help him change course - he is capable of so much more.This is an AAP kid that always had As before but realized he can do nothing and get a B. By making classwork not count, SBG is going to turn a kid that could have been a stellar student into a lazy student with terrible habits, and he will not be prepared to succeed in college. These colleges are going to have to dumb down what they do if SBG spreads to all schools - or just accept more international students.

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