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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Maybe some experts could weigh in here but why can’t we fail kids anymore and hold them back?
I’m not sure I understand why this is the case.
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It originated from a movement that got footing in the 80’s where we began to protect the ego of kids. Now at the time it had validity. However, as is the case with most things it went too far and now we have helicopter parenting (which in reality is more like fighter pilot, tank driving, artillery dropping parents).
This then combined with a pedagogical approach of authentic assessment. Which also has validity as some kids were being unjustly punished. However, when it creates sweeping mandates such as: no zeros, no failing, etc. it causes more harm then good as it was done to target a small demographic but caused massive unforeseen co sequences for the majority of other kids. It eliminated teachers from being allowed to comment on or evaluate behaviour, while simultaneously asking them to be responsible for all behaviour. So all the responsibility with no clout.