Lindsey Burke: Dropping 'F' grades for kids is a new 'soft bigotry of low expectations'
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The new grading system at Sunrise Park Middle School in Minnesota will no longer reflect student behavior or tardiness, or whether an assignment was completed on time. Grading, the school’s website reads, perpetuates systemic racism.
The new grading system will no longer reflect student behavior or tardiness, or whether an assignment was completed on time. Grading, the school’s website reads, perpetuates systemic racism.
The revamp comes after the school completed a so-called "equity audit," a tool increasingly used by school districts to assess "gaps in district equity work," to take stock of school climate, review culturally relevant pedagogy, and evaluate achievement gaps and discipline disparities.
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