[JUSTTHENEWS] A Minnesota school district is finally giving its students back the freedom to fail.
Rochester Public Schools implemented a "no credit" grading policy in 2020, in hopes of helping failing students who were struggling with virtual learning. Now, four years later, the district has overturned their policy to increase student accountability.
"Deciding that basic levels of effort were not necessary â because it wasn't going to show up in their GPA and they never got the very recognizable symbol of an âFâ â there was a subset of kids who were seeing that possibility as a reason not to meet some level of basic requirements," Superintendent Kent Pekel said Monday.
Pekel, superintendent since 2021, said the old policy didnât provide a clear picture to parents of how their students were doing, and did not count toward their grade point average. With a return to giving F's, the district hopes to raise student standards.
This is not the first policy Pekel has repealed, seeking to reverse the course of former Superintendent Michael MuĂąoz.
The previous administration implemented the now-overturned "Grading for Learning," which allowed for unlimited quiz retakes and did not count participation or homework as a part of grading. For the 2023-24 school year, teachers can now base up to 30% of their grade on in-class and at-home participation.
"If you give kids no credit for being ready for a test, and instead they take a test and then study it because they can take any number of retakes; or you never give points for class participation or homework â especially in a pandemic when kids were disconnected from school and a lot of social norms broke down â you had a disincentive to engage in the practice side of learning," Pekel said.
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In the before condition, students had to pass the test at some point of the endless retakes. In the after condition, teachers can max out homework and class participation scores to pass students who havenât learned the material. I predict that the after condition will be worse than the current no grade state.
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[JustTheNews] DoDEA director created new "DEI Steering Committee" with mostly hidden members after DEI chief reassigned and office closed, investigation finds. Pedagogy exploits "frequent moves and unique family stressors" of students in military families.
Democracy dies under marching Biden Boots, yeow!
[ZH] Itâs weird seeing the media pile on with the âscoopsâ about what exactly is going on behind the scenes with Bidenâs panicking entourage, but this one takes it to another level.
CNN reports that a prominent Democrat has claimed Bidenâs advisors have threatened White House staffers, saying they will "beat the shit out" of anyone who says anything about Bidenâs health that runs contrary to their narrative.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper spoke with reporter MJ Lee in a bizarre segment in which she revealed the claims.
Lee noted "You know, we talked to a lot of folks who said, âOf course we know that he has aged. Of course, we had seen some signs, especially over the last year, of his decline in terms of his physical stamina, his mental clarity.â But that version of the president that we saw on the debate stage, they said was basically unrecognizable."
She continued, "what my colleagues and I have really reported on is there is a lot of anger and the blame that is being placed on the inner circle of advisers and family members around the president and what these people say is this really painstakingly choreographed and stage managed daily operations at the White House around the president that is set up, specifically designed to prevent the public from often seeing the president in these extended unscripted settings."
"And one thing that many of the folks that we spoke with that they are so furious about is this idea that when people have gone to these inner circle of advisers around the president to express some of these concerns, that they were not taken seriously or really brushed aside," Lee added.
Then came the kicker.
"This is what one top Democrat told me, they said, "Everyone who expresses any level of suspicion or contrary views, they call everyone, and they beat the shit out of them and say stay on message," Lee asserted.
Lee also claimed that the source said members of Bidenâs family have also been warned not to step out of line.
The comments come after multiple reports, many in the New York Times, citing insiders who say Biden is completely out of it.
Tapper also cited yet another longtime Biden advisor, claiming he received the following text message:
The CNN anchor took some flak for suddenly and strangely being on board with the âBidenâs brain is friedâ angle after years of ignoring it.
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Can you imagine Mayor Pete leading the beatdowns? Hit 'em with your Hermes purse, Pete!
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The Biden crowd is so desperate, they've asked for small donations from me, because you have previously supported Democrats, and your commitment will help us win again in 2024.
Funny, I don't seem to remember previously supporting the Dems. But I am old and probably don't remember.
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When the dam finally breaks on this, it's gonna be epic.
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What has prevented the dam from breaking previously is the unwillingness of any news organization to publish what they were being told. The red light went green. What if these are not new leaks and the journalists are just revealing what they should have told us previously? In that case getting roughed up by Mayor Pete will have no effect.
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Clooney and Snuffleuppagus thought they were big enough to have an opinion and they got knocked about digitally. Be a dang shame if an unknown staffer were returning to their car after a night at the bar and got shot but not robbed.
Iâm shocked. Being the DSA representative is a large part of her brand. Iâm not sure what the point of pulling the endorsement now is â sheâll be to the right of the Republican candidate regardless, so this just make the DSA look powerless.
[Townhall] The Democratic Socialists of America are no longer supporting progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, pulling their endorsement of the New York Democrat for failing to meet a list of demands the group set forth.
A conditional endorsement was offered in June as long as the congresswoman "Publicly opposes all funding to Israel, including the Iron Dome; Participates regularly in the DSA Federal Socialists in Office Committee; Publicly opposes all criminalization of Anti-Zionism, such as bills advancing the IHRA definition which conflates criticism of Israel with anti-semitism; [and] Publicly supports BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) to end Israeli settler-colonialism."
Failing to see evidence that AOC met all those conditions, the DSA National Political Committee withdrew its endorsement.
"We recognize that AOC has taken many courageous positions on Palestine such as co-sponsoring several House Resolutions (3103, 786, 496), naming Israelâs genocide as well as opposing House Resolution 894," a statement said. "However, members have raised their concerns regarding a number of her votes, including a vote in favor of H.Res.888, conflating opposition to Israelâs âright to existâ with antisemitism. AOC also co-signed a press release on April 20, 2024, that âsupport[s] strengthening the Iron Dome and other defense systems.â"
[Breitbart] An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal has thrown cold water on the idea that President Joe Biden will drop out of the presidential race before formally becoming his partyâs nominee by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.
The reason: he cannot hand over the $100 million in his campaign committeeâs accounts to Vice President Kamala Harris or any other candidate until he formally becomes the Democratic Partyâs presidential candidate.
Election lawyer Charlie Spies wrote this week:
In short: Before the nomination officially goes to Mr. Biden, his campaign is limited to donating $2,000 to the Democratic nominee, whether that new standard bearer is Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer or Ms. Harris.
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In August 2023 the Biden for President campaign amended its FEC Form 1 to assert on Line 5 that the committee was the principal campaign committee for both Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris. At the time nobody had reason to question that maneuver, and if at the Democratic convention Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris emerge as their partyâs nominees, then there wonât be a need to challenge the premature designation. If, however, Mr. Biden were to drop out before being nominated and attempt an unprecedented and possibly illegal unlimited transfer of funds to Ms. Harris, the courts would likely interpret the plain language of the statute to prohibit such a contribution.
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If President Biden is committed to passing the torch to his vice president, and wants to be able to seed her campaign with the current Biden for President campaign war chest, heâll first have to become his partyâs legal nominee. After shuffling through the Democratic National Committeeâs planned roll call vote heâd be free to drop out. Ms. Harris could seamlessly slip into the driverâs seat. Thatâs a risky strategy, as it requires maintaining an obvious fiction under intense public scrutiny for another six weeks.
The problem with Bidenâs current status as the âpresumptiveâ nominee â with no legal status â may be part of the motivation for Democrats to pursue an early, âvirtualâ nomination prior to the convention in Chicago.
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Early voting was something that has screwed up the timing for their swapping scheme. They waited too long even though they were aware of Joeâs feeble state throughout. BTW they championed early voting, which will keep Harris Whatever off the ballot in several states that are critical to their hopes of maintaining their hold on the White House. In this great tossed salad of failure, we are supposed to believe that Obama is a political genius.
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...Just for the sake of discussion...I kinda feel that the rules governing when someone could get on a ballot are a real problem, even when we're looking at a far more benign situation.
My thinking is that with electronic voting machines, changing a candidate shouldn't be more than a day or so issue, and even if they're using paper ballots then not more than a week - 10 days should be needed. Yes, it would cost money, and if it's not an issue of illness, death, or other Act-of-God, then bill the respective national parties - that would help keep these events to a minimum.
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#2. My problem with any of this is that the rules will apply in only one direction. The Dems will do whatever they wish to and defy anyone to stop them, and Republicans have no backbone to fight in a similar fashion.
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The problem of a late switch is the ballot stuffing. Biden getting 50 million ballots and Harris getting 83 million ballots looks a lot like cheating.
Do shut up and sit down, Mr. President. Nobody really cares what you think, though all will continue to pretend to.
[GEO.TV] President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the â you know â you know, the thing... said on Thursday that the Israel-Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... war must end now, telling news hounds his Gaza ceasefire framework had been agreed on by both Israel and Paleostinian group Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... but added that there were still gaps to close.
"That framework is now agreed on by both Israel and Hamas. So I sent my team to the region to hammer out the details," Biden said in a news conference.
"These are difficult, complex issues. There are still gaps to close. We're making progress. The trend is positive. I'm determined to get this deal done and bring an end to this war, which should end now," Biden added. "Well, anyways..."
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But Russia - Ukraine can just keep on keeping on, right?
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I was wondering how Joe intended to resolve all the worldâs ills in the last few months of his residency. The imperial decree can be a powerful tool. My confidence that Biden will actually win the fight against all forms of cancer is restored now that I understand his methodology.
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Not Joe speaking - âThere is still work to do and these are complex issues, ...â President Biden announced in a July 12 social media post.
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A conditional endorsement was offered in June as long as the congresswoman "Publicly opposes all funding to Israel, including the Iron Dome; Participates regularly in the DSA Federal Socialists in Office Committee; Publicly opposes all criminalization of Anti-Zionism, such as bills advancing the IHRA definition which conflates criticism of Israel with anti-semitism; [and] Publicly supports BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) to end Israeli settler-colonialism."
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
