Florida teacher says she was fired for refusing to give students partial credit on an assignment they didn't turn in
Her principal fired her because she refused to record grades of 50% for students who failed to turn in an assignment.
The comments include many who say they were teachers, but quit because of similar rules. Some even stated that the minimum they were allowed to record was 60%.
One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profession
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One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profession
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Re: One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profes
Yep. I commented on the story on FB. It is true. My wife has the same frustration. The public education system, much like the social welfare system, is a "show up" only system. No accountability. Non-achievers are being pushed through. They will be life long Democrats on the public tit. I have no doubt that is the plan, and it is working.
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And people wonder why teachers want tenure protections such as they have in California. --Bob
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I can believe this happened. The principal is probably concerned about his own job rating, which depends in part on student performance. Of course they wouldn't put the "no zero grades" policy in writing. And the teacher's file has some chickenshit explanation for her firing that has nothing to do with the real reason.
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Re: One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profes
You are correct. The policy is communicated but not documented.jarnon wrote:I can believe this happened. The principal is probably concerned about his own job rating, which depends in part on student performance. Of course they wouldn't put the "no zero grades" policy in writing. And the teacher's file has some chickenshit explanation for her firing that has nothing to do with the real reason.
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~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profes
There are school districts here that have that policy, and it is documented in the student handbook and curriculum sheets.BackInTex wrote:You are correct. The policy is communicated but not documented.jarnon wrote:I can believe this happened. The principal is probably concerned about his own job rating, which depends in part on student performance. Of course they wouldn't put the "no zero grades" policy in writing. And the teacher's file has some chickenshit explanation for her firing that has nothing to do with the real reason.
It actually came to the benefit of my youngest. Her Spanish teacher gave her a 0/10 for a worksheet right before the end of the Hexter. My daughter asked her about it, because she had done all of the work as far as she knew. She said that it was related to greetings, the time to turn it in had past, so she couldn't do it now. However, when the Hexter grades came out, she had a 50% (5/10) on the assignment, which allowed her to keep an A in the class. (There had been so few points that just those 5 points were the difference between a solid A and a low B.)
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Re: One Reason Why Caring Teachers May Be Leaving the Profes
We had a similar policy in the district I worked in my last 22 years in education. It made for some mighty unmotivated students.
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