Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading

Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by null_shift on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:00AM (#29184569)

if it is worthless, then why force him to do it?

if his situation is anything like mine was, then the answer is likely to maintain good grades to support future educational prospects.

which is unfortunate as this system encourages the pursuit of the grade over the pursuit of knowledge. it took me many years to shake that mindset.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by mlyle on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:06AM (#29184610)

Homework is worthless, but establishing a precedent that you should ignore things teachers ask you to do is pretty bad, too.

(Indeed, one reason homework may be harmful is the way it can create an adversarial relationship with teachers and condition students to ignore teacher suggestions and feedback).

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by meowkit on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:17AM (#29184686)

As another phrased it: because that's the meta.

You have to excel in all coursework on the default track to competing in race of society. There are opt-outs/alternatives popping up, but they're not mainstream.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by wrycoder on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:40AM (#29184793)

Meanwhile, per the thread above, in Hoboken Nj 8% show math proficiency, yet 95% graduate.

There are two cultures in the US.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by brightball on Thursday November 11, 2021 @06:33AM (#29186861)

15% of the grade. I’ve thought about having him skip it. It’s just too risky.

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