One GTA school is testing getting rid of grades throughout the year and letting students in four Grade 9 subjects negotiate their final marks with teachers. Students in four Grade 9 subjects will consult with the teacher at year’s end and negotiate the grades they feel they deserve. I deserve an A+ for this column, as soon as I finish writing it, which I will because of a “deadline,” which is another thing Mayfield students don’t have. As the school’s Mayfield Without Marks website link reports, the self-grading scheme will be “supported” by a New York state teacher and blogger named Starr Sackstein. Is it even permissible in Ontario to add this nonsense to an official school website?

Source: thestar September 08, 2017 16:41 UTC