Yep. The same can be said for reassessments and previous grades being replaced by newer assessment grades as a sign of progress on different standards. Both items showing they don’t deserve the grades they have. I’d support SBG if they weren’t coupled with these grade inflating practices. |
No math is not mostly genetic! There are tons of kids that are not remotely intuitive about math who excel because they have access to programs outside the school. There are also kids who are very intuitive about math but will struggle with calculation errors and formula errors because they lack rigor. |
Yes, and height isn't mostly genetic because you won't be tall if you eat no food. |
So sad to see a world-class school system like FCPS consciously plummeting in quality by following extremist, leftist-inspired ideas. Have we learned nothing from watching what these radicals did to the Montgomery County public schools, and the county in general? |
I see a schools endless retake policy as identical in practice to middle class families sending their kid to outside tutoring or a Doctor teaching their kid biology beyond their grade level.
Only the first practice gets criticism because it benefits low income kids. |
This is not remotely comparable. That being said, I have no issue with allowing kids to raise their scores by taking later-in-time summative assessments. |
Which schools have an "endless" retake policy? |
Taxpayers pay to support kids in public schools, not to subsidize kids in private schools. |
Because that success leads to a limited number of opportunities. More for your kid = less for mine. It’s sad. |
So the right answer is to make everyone equal, right? Only way to do that is to bring everyone down to the lowest level. Not sure that is a good idea for the human race. In a couple of generations we will be back to grunting and living in caves. |
And even if it were true, the problem is that most kids are not given the support necessary to maximize their math potential as may be determined by their genetics. Given given such opportunities tend to do pretty well. |
Society needs smart people |
Sorry you aren’t very bright. Must be tough for those around you. |
And extremely well-educated people. That's what the equity brigade fails to understand and their baseball fan equity cartoon proves it. In the equity panel, the government took resources from the taller kid and gave them to the shorter kid so everyone is equal in the end. If this cartoon represents education, the taller kid is no longer able to reach the highest levels of education where science is advanced. Equity is a race to mediocrity. |
^ Resources wasn't “taken” from the tall kid since it was never there's to begin with. Public education is literally the government’s responsibility. |