This school district gets it! By refusing to accept zeros and demanding that students complete assignments and re-do them until they are acceptable reinforces the concept that students can (and will) learn and no longer gives the teachers the option of "giving up" on students. I just hope that teachers will not give in and start giving students the minimum 60 on the grading scale to avoid the work of honestly and effectively evaluating student progress.
As a professional school counselor (I'll expand that later), I am shocked at each grading period to see students with grades in the single digits and teens. Such grades are a recipe for growing drop-0uts.
I pray the teachers in Lowndes get the message being sent by their administration that all students are expected to be successful and that it is their job to move students toward success.
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I have a huge problem with students being passed just to pass them. Life is hard. Sometimes you will fail. School should not be the exception as it is training you for the rest of your life. Overcome and achieve. You give me hope in our education system. Keep on!
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