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re: Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:14 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:14 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Grading for Equity eliminates homework or weekly tests from being counted in a student’s final semester grade. All that matters is how the student scores on a final examination,
Don’t really have a big issue with this
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which can be taken multiple times.
Nope. Sit your arse through another year if you want to take it again.
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student with a score as low as 80 can attain an A and as low as 21 can pass with a D.
Holy frick lol
This post was edited on 5/28/25 at 5:38 pm
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Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
It was so ridiculous that even the San Francisco folks complained, and it's being (for now!) taken off the plan.
"SFUSD kills controversial grading proposal after backlash"
San Francisco Chronicle
I'd be fine with making grades more about what students really know by the time the course (or grading period) ends. But taking away easy-to-get points for attendance and homework would seem to me to disproportionately reduce the grades weaker students. And the article talks about finding ways to make grades more consistent among teachers and schools, which sounds good to me--but to do that requires standardized testing, and not to many very liberal folks like that.
"SFUSD kills controversial grading proposal after backlash"
San Francisco Chronicle
I'd be fine with making grades more about what students really know by the time the course (or grading period) ends. But taking away easy-to-get points for attendance and homework would seem to me to disproportionately reduce the grades weaker students. And the article talks about finding ways to make grades more consistent among teachers and schools, which sounds good to me--but to do that requires standardized testing, and not to many very liberal folks like that.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:20 pm to RLDSC FAN
This is why I drink and smoke. Who wants these people taking care of you when you are old and frail? I'm going out like a firecracker.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:20 pm to Pettifogger
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parents in the impacted area give comments to the press like "we didn't ask for this, we weren't included in the process!"
is their school board elected?
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:32 pm to upgrayedd
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No, this is inspired by people who encourage and excuse shitty behavior of not only these kids but their parents as well.
So kinda the same thing lol
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:32 pm to RLDSC FAN
I love my job and working with kids. I would not be teaching any more if my district did this.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 5:39 pm to RLDSC FAN
OK now I am 100% sure this is not due to simple brain damage of those recommending this but rather due to their complete and utter vindictiveness with the intentions of ruining the education intelligence of US students for some nefarious purpose.
There’s just absolutely no other way that this is being taken seriously
There’s just absolutely no other way that this is being taken seriously
Posted on 5/29/25 at 12:16 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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All they have to do is take the SAT or ACT, and colleges will realize how fricking stupid these kids are.
Unfortunately, many colleges, even in SEC country, are dropping ACT/SAT requirements.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 2:19 am to RLDSC FAN
I wish they would put as much time into actual teaching as they do trying to get out of teaching.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:34 am to Hoops
Probably their parents. That's who truly failed the child.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:36 am to RLDSC FAN
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:41 am to RLDSC FAN
Relaxation of standards only hurts low performers and those without structured home lives. Enacting this “grading for equity” will only worsen the divide between high and low achievers
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:31 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Except many colleges will still accept them after graduation
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:34 am to Pettifogger
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Every time something like this happens in the Bay Area, parents in the impacted area give comments to the press like "we didn't ask for this, we weren't included in the process!"
SF is 42% white. 13% of SF public school students are white. 30% of SF students are in private schools. These translates to most white students being out of the picture.
San Francisco's Asian population and public school population are right at 36%. Asian (and white) students score ~50% higher on state tests than black students, and ~40% higher than Hispanic students.
This is yet another push to undermine Asian kids because most Asian cultures place a strong emphasis on educational achievement.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:43 am to RLDSC FAN
There is no way that all of these efforts to essentially decrease intelligence and education in this country can be seen as anything other than an act to weaken America.
An enemy, likely China, is playing the long game
An enemy, likely China, is playing the long game
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:58 am to NOLATiger163
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It was so ridiculous that even the San Francisco folks complained, and it's being (for now!) taken off the plan.
"SFUSD kills controversial grading proposal after backlash"
The superintendent is saying it’s paused for at least this year, but in one day the backlash of what appears to have been a unilateral decision by has been high and bipartisan.
Silicon Valley Dem US Rep Ro Khanna
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“My immigrant dad asked me where the missing 10% went when I scored a 90,” Khanna tweeted. He said giving A’s to more students “is not equity—it betrays the American Dream and every parent who wants more for their kids.”
And San Francisco’s Mayor’s
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We owe our young people an education that prepares them to succeed. The proposed changes to grading at SFUSD would not accomplish that.
I have conveyed our view to SFUSD. We are optimistic that there is a better path forward for our kids and their future.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 11:59 am
Posted on 5/29/25 at 12:00 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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It's not a coincidence the teachers union is in favor of it because it further reduces any work they need to do as well as their accountability.
Wrong. The majority of teachers would get the hell out of this situation as quickly as possible. Unions rarely represent the average teacher.
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