CA schools dropping grades of D & F.
(www.breitbart.com)
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I do not get this. They’re setting these kids up for true failure by sheltering them from failure now. I’m sorry but as a parent I would be way more offended and pissed if my failing illiterate child was allowed to pass classes.
It’s called social promotion and it was my dissertation topic. Since the 60s, they have been pushing kids through the grades to stay with their age group regardless of grades or real learning. This is why we’ve been graduating kids who can’t read or do math for a generation now. During the Kenyan’s terms, thanks to Race to the Top, high school kids were forced to take Algebra I & II, and Geometry, even if they couldn’t do basic arithmetic. At one time there were prerequisites to take these courses. Not anymore.
Ooh that’s interesting that it’s been since the 60’s. I thought it all really started with ‘No Child Left Behind’. Which I have a personal grudge towards because I was about to skip first grade when that garbage came out and the school wouldn’t let me lol.