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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think any serious person is concerned about the 50% rule. People need to get a life.[/quote]

On the contrary,  most people who are serious about MCPS being a quality school district are very concerned about that. Including the students themselves.

https://thermtide.com/9320/popular/the-mcps-50-percent-rule-inadequately-prepares-students-for-the-future/

https://thermtide.com/8225/news/50-percent-rule-undermines-student-work-ethic/[/quote]

No, they aren't. The only people concerned about it are far-right extremists who love to insist the sky is falling. This policy has little to no impact on anything worth worrying about.[/quote]

I would disagree with you. Plenty of progressive teachers I know also are concerned/ don’t support the 50% rule. And little to no impact is not true… The 50% rule is literally inflating their grades. Students who are graduating with Bs or Cs become shocked when they cannot keep up in a higher academic setting. I had one student last quarter attend maybe 10 times? She turned in one or two assignments at the end… combined with all the 50%s she was able to pass with a D.

The 50% rule is setting the bar so low for our students it’s practically on the floor. This is not helping their work/study habits or preparing them at all.[/quote]

How does a regular use of the 50% rule easily get you a B?  50% is still hard to recover from.  My guess is your D student was passed through H but did not go to college.[/quote]

Kids are abusing the 50% rule some are even getting straight A's but don't deserve it! [/quote]

There need to be consequences for this! Maybe they can set up a kid jail for these miscreants.[/quote]

Struck a nerve, Mom?[/quote]

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