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San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is changing its grading policies in an attempt to “make them more anti-racist.” The new grading removes “non-academic factors,” with the school district using the example of turning in homework late. “For months, the district has been working on multiple areas of its operations, including grading, in efforts to make them more anti-racist and equitable, partly in response to social justice protests that erupted over the summer in response to George Floyd’s death,” reported the San Diego Union-Tribune. Now, the school district’s new grading system will no longer take into account what the district...

Students will no longer be graded based on a yearly average, or on how late they turn in assignments. Those are just some of the major grading changes approved this week by California's second-largest school district. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is overhauling the way it grades students. Board members say the changes are part of a larger effort to combat racism... Academic grades will now focus on mastery of the material, not a yearly average, which board members say penalizes students who get a slow start, or who struggle at points throughout the year. Another big change,...

District expected more than it received in the wake of budget cutsThe San Diego Unified School district got an unwelcome surprise about some expected revenue from the state. They learned in a meeting Tuesday night that $2.5 million promised by the state won't be coming, reports voiceofsandiego.org. The report says that the board expected to get around $36 million, but in the wake of the budget’s passing, only received $20 million. This means they won't be able to recall some of the laid-off staff, as was planned last month. "This is a very sobering report," Superintendent Bill Kowba said to...