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Several school boards in California have announced that they are getting rid of D and F grades and will instead allow students who do not get A-C to retake their tests or resubmit their work.
Dropping D's and F's and working with students to master the material is seen as a way to improve learning and boost equity.
Some educators are growing skeptical of letter grades as distracting, stressful and motivators of cheating and sabotage. A better system for cultivating young minds might focus on unique skills and mastery of concepts.
COVID-19 Reminds Me of 1994 Report, ‘Prisoners of Time’ As much as schools have adopted to COVID-19, their underlying one-schedule-fits-all educational model remains the same. A 1994 report, and several recent examples, hint at what could be changed for the better. Shutterstock We’ve all experienced COVID-related events and circumstances we never predicted. We’ve had to change everything, and the stresses and strains are not over yet. Parents and students have a very understandable and very intense desire to go back to their pre-COVID education system. They miss their fri...