San Francisco Public Schools Convert F's to C's, B's to A's in Equity Push
newsweek.com
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What the kid getting F’s needs are some combination of subsidised meals, 1:1 tutoring, a psychiatric consult and a chance to do over the grade. (Basically what rich, caring parents do when their kids fall behind.) Instead we get this papering-over of public schools’ failures in the name of social justice.
It’s really quite genius in that all the decision-making comes from people so far removed from the consequences of their actions that they’ll never see whether it works or not. The teachers have to deal with the BS whether they agree with the policy or not. And the negative outcomes get pushed on to someone else, a few years later.
Great gig if you can get it