Posted on 05/28/2025 1:20:14 PM PDT by DFG
Parents across the political spectrum are up in arms after San Francisco's school district announced a new plan that will see pass marks lowered.
Superintendent of Schools Maria Su unveiled the new 'Grading for Equity' plan last night that will scrap homework and weekly testing, and allow students to pass with scores as low as 41 - down from the current pass mark of 61.
It comes after left-wing activists argued that homework and testing disproportionately affects students from poorer backgrounds and creates an uneven playing field.
But even liberals pushed back against the new policy. Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman for Silicon Valley known for his progressive values, slammed the move on X: 'My immigrant dad asked me where the missing 10% went when I scored a 90. He came to America for the chance to work hard & pursue excellence.
'Giving A’s for 80 percent & no homework is not equity - it betrays the American Dream and every parent who wants more for their kids.'
According to The Voice of San Francisco, the plan is set to go into effect later this fall.
Su has been able to push the policy through without being the subject to a public vote, despite it affecting more than 10,000 students in 14 high schools.
The outlet reported that the new plan will essentially eliminate homework and weekly testing from making up a student's final semester grade.
A student's grade will be based solely on their final examination, which they can also take multiple times.
Students can also be late in handing in assignments or even fail to appear in class without it having an effect on their overall mark.
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“...creates an uneven playing field.”
Life is not a ‘game’ to be ‘played’.
This is messing with peoples’ lives for decades down the road..................
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I taught for many years at a city public high school. Since 2005 or so, our test policy was that any score less than 50% must be recorded as 50%. So if a student wrote his name on a paper then went to sleep, he received 50 points.
We teachers hated that. But no matter. The administrators wanted more students to pass. That’s how they got bonuses and promotions. So the policy stayed in place.
Let me tell you who that hurt the most. It hurt the marginal students, those who needed motivation to study. But why study if you know you’re guaranteed at least 50 points?
Dis wil mak dem kidz b reel smartir….
> This is messing with peoples’ lives for decades down the road..................<
Exactly right. Please see the last paragraph in my post #4.
Can’t elites without an ignorant peasantry...
When I was in school s thousand years ago the passing grade was 75%
THE COMPLETE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA
why not just hand out high school diplomas to everyone on their day of attendance on the first day of high school, call it good, and save a metric shiteton of money?
I went to a mostly black country school when we moved out of the city. The failing score there was 65. It was 75 in the city at that time.
41 is less than half, utterly ridiculous.
Got it. No child even has to show up to "pass."
The BS "equity" argument doesn't play in the workplace. Fail to perform and you hit the bricks. It also doesn't play on standardized tests. You'll get a failing score. If you get a pass on a failing score because of your race, the parties allowing that travesty will need to deal with admitting an unqualified applicant.
I left my brain in
San Francisco
High on a hill
It called to me,
“Hey Stupid!”
“’Grading for Equity’ “ aka if student is one of color, gay or tranny, automatic “A”. If student is white, straight or only recognizes two genders ... “C”
Don’t tell any kid their effort is acceptable when it clearly isn’t. That kind of lying will ruin their chances at any kind of a prosperous future.
Wanna know how ‘disadvantaged’ groups got to be disadvantaged? This is how.
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