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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can they move to the next grade when they didn’t learn the material of the current grade? Especially math? It makes no sense.[/quote]

grades will be repeated [/quote]

No they won’t. The kids have completed  3/4 of the year. Tbh, 4th quarter is almost all standardized prep and testing and “other fun stuff” anyway. And the tests WILL be waived this year. 1st-3rd quarter are the ones where kids are actively learning new stuff and applying it to different concepts with each progressing quarter. 4th quarter is “we have to prep you for all these tests and how can we recap everything we’ve learned?” It’s not ideal but they’ll be ok missing 4th quarter if they have to.  
Schools cannot and will not retain an entire cohort of students across the country. That’s ridiculous.

-public high school teacher [/quote]

Teachers reading this - are you preparing for online education for high school students?[/quote]

No. We will get guidance later this week but everything we plan and post will be supplemental and about reinforcing already learned skills. It won’t be graded and it will be optional. We cannot hold students responsible for suddenly learning via an online platform when we can’t guarantee access to computer or WiFi or that they have an appropriate work environment at home. Legally, there’s no way to ensure sped and EL students are receiving services and accommodations they are legally required to have with regard to instruction. It’s not going to be online education in any true shape or form. It’s impossible to transfer a brick and mortar school to any online platform for all students on such short notice. [/quote]

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