Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: NoBody Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: San Francisco Institues New 'Equity Grading' System; Allows Students to Graduate With Failing Grades Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 08:15:32 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: <2a8j3k513458c2u018pfqv59oss0r3hclb@4ax.com> References: <101ba70$629d$7@dont-email.me> <101bbj2$a8rg$2@dont-email.me> <101c19q$ecth$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:15:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="171dcb92f509425ed0985963564443ca"; logging-data="513809"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AXWY9KLrN3AXb6WGOqPUP4AvcaomNdBg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:ulXJyGFqXvUqJCzx6RtJ5W4sm6I= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250529-4, 5/29/2025), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 3.3/32.846 On Fri, 30 May 2025 06:29:13 -0400, Rhino wrote: >On 2025-05-30 12:18 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> BTR1701 wrote: >> >>> California once again pulls out into the lead in the race to the bottom. >> >> I got nuttin'. >> >>> Sounds like Progress! to me... >> >>> ------------------------- >> >>> https://thepostmillennial.com/san-francisco-students-can-graduate-with-failing-grades-under-new-grading-for-equity-guidelines >> >>> On Tuesday, the San Francisco public school district announced a new grading >>> policy that will allow students to graduate classes with a score as low as >>> 21%. The "Grading for Equity" method eliminates homework and weekly test >>> scores from a student's final semester grade. Instead, there will be one test >>> at the end of each semester to decide if a student has passed the class. The >>> final exam can be retaken several times, The Voice San Francisco reported. >> >> You had to do better than that with social promotion! >> >>> Maria Su, the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, >>> enacted the new guidelines without seeking approval from the school board, >>> according to the nonprofit. The changes will impact 10,000 students across 14 >>> high schools in California's Bay Area. >> >>> Students may submit assignments late, fail to attend class, or choose not to >>> attend at all without consequence to their academic performance. Currently, >>> receiving an A requires a minimum score of 90%, while a D is set at 61%. Under >>> the new scale, a student can obtain an A with a score as low as 80% (typically >>> a B-) and a D with a score as low as 21%, which is otherwise known as an F. >> >>> Educators, students, and parents have expressed concerns regarding this >>> diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative, particularly how it would >>> impact academic standards and college readiness, Newsweek reported. The San >>> Francisco school district's experiment comes in spite of President Donald >>> Trump's executive order signed in January that eliminated DEI programs in >>> federal taxpayer-funded institutions. >> >>> Supporters of the policy argue that by reducing the emphasis on behavior-based >>> penalties like missing or late assignments, it more accurately reflects a >>> student's learning, while critics believe it would hurt students who are >>> already on pace for college placement. >> >> I larned gud in skul to blow deadlines and to be tardy! > >Exactly. It's as if they are TRYING to ensure that students fail to be >employable. And be unquestioning servants of mommy government.