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Category: Red Flag

Predatory Grading

January 6, 2020 by Chris Sturgis

Tags: equitygrading and transcripts

High school is a lot of things…and one of those things is that it is one long four year old game based on the rules set for grading. Students can get points added or subtracted for behaviors. At some schools they might get more points for taking an AP course…… Read More

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