As I noted in post #14, I taught for decades in an urban public school. And I will tell you that there are bad teachers (no surprise there). And the teachers union is corrupt (again, no surprise).
But teachers and the union have nothing to do with what is being taught in the schools. And also nothing to do with the rules of discipline. That’s all decided by the school board and state. Teacher and union input is neither asked for nor wanted.
Sure, there are woke teachers who go off the rails. But most of the woke junk that’s being taught in the schools today is being mandated by woke school boards.
Let me give you one example. Our school board decided that the minimum grade on every test must be 50%. Anything less would be too harmful! So now if a kid puts his name on a test then goes to sleep, he gets 50%.
We teachers were incensed by this. No matter. A 50% minimum is now the rule. And if a teacher enters less than 50% for a student’s score, the computer automatically changes it to 50%.
I actually agree with this. One time my kid got a zero for being late on an assignment. Once you have a zero, you need to score at least a 90 on the next 4 assignments to wind up with a passing grade (70+). For a marginal student, a zero tells him that he will not pass, no matter what he subsequently does.
And if a teacher enters less than 50% for a student’s score, the computer automatically changes it to 50%.
I might go for a 50% floor if the student makes an attempt. Not for doing nothing, though.