Grade changing is a systemic problem. That allegation coming from a high-level Baltimore City Public Schools employee who works inside District Headquarters at North Avenue.
This allegation comes after Project Baltimore recently reported on report cards obtained from Calverton Elementary/Middle in west Baltimore. There are two sets. In the first, 13 students from Calverton failed 18 classes. In the second, printed a few weeks later, each failing grade is changed to a 60; the lowest passing score.
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Herd 'em up, move 'em out.
Get along, little dogies, to the nothing and nowhere waiting for you.
In the district where I worked (not in MD), it was REQUIRED that we not "fail" anyone. In other words, if Joe Doe earned a final term grade of 30% because he didn't do the work, we were required to change it to at least a 50%. The excuse given was that the report cards weren't able to calculate final end of year grades with such low scores. I always felt dirty doing such things, because when I went to school in Wicomico County, you were given the grade you earned. Of course, I, and a lot of others felt we couldn't say anything, for fear of our jobs, which we all needed.
First off there must law and order in the class room and until the parents insist on that from their children they will never be able to learn and I don't think that will happen in today's Democrat dominated inner city world.
This is happening in EVERY county in Maryland as we speak...More investigation is needed here.
Just so they can get a RAISE.
Well, golly. The next step is to get all of these well educated young scholars free college educations. Then we can replicate the cycle.
Has anyone noticed that when some of us(50ish) were in school kids were failed if they didn't pass the class.
Now we have "No Child Left Behind" which was an unwritten policy way before it became a policy. Many school districts didn't let anyone stay behind a grade. They always moved them forward. Now there are some that get a blank diploma when they walk across the stage so that they are not embarrassed.
I always negotiated with my teacher about my grades, Always Ended up passing. Now I'm in my senior year of high school and have all A's.
The report card program couldn't computer when a low score was presented? That's a cheap excuse, and a problem (if it even exists) that needs a fix.
As a person heading on to my 70th birthday I will admit that I was intimidated a bit by nearly all of my teachers. Now that I look back I see this was actually good. I was taught to respect authority, my elders, my parents and that if I behaved as a respectful and responsibly person I would not have any problems in society. We always said "sir" or "mam" when addressing any adult.
When was the last time anyone heard a young person say "yes man" or "no sir" to an adult? To be respectful to others is no longer taught or encouraged today. If the younger generation doesn't show respect to others then they will not be given respect and this is a sad cycle for our broken society.
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