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[quote=Transplant_1]Thanks for posting DCPS grading policy.  So to simplify, does it essentially come down to this?:

2+2 = 4.
Did you learn this?
Does it matter whether you handed in your homework late multiple times? No.
Does it matter that you failed the exam and took it over and over? No.
At some point did you learn it and pass the exam ( if there was one)  - Yes.  Passing and probably at least a "B."

Is that essentially the bottom line?

I'm starting to wonder if learning study skills, (eg: using flash cards to memorize vocabulary words) has become privatized.  Literally.  
-- Eiher go to private school.  A friend's son at Maret 6th grade has 5 new vocabulary words a week to memorize, use in context, with HW.
-- Or your parents have to instill it (I had to "teach" my 6th grader to use flash cards to memorize Spanish words, and teach him the concept of mastery and building a foundation.)  
-- Or you find a vendor (eg: Kumon, and others.)

I've heard that at MCPS high schools, they've eliminated final exams.  Also, I think across MCPS, they have the simliar "retake" policy and "hand in late" policies as DCPS.

I heard that Arlington Public Schools recently made official a "no HW in elementary school" policy.

I've heard that genearlly, middle schools across the board - DCPS, MCPS, and even Fairfax PS -- do not have a lot of HW.

So... in high school, APs come along, and crash... learn fast, struggle, hopefully you figure it out in time, or have parents that help or hire tutors.[/quote]

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