The San Francisco equity grading implosion is therefore both an academic disaster and, even more importantly, an arrogant insult to the democratic process.
While San Francisco’s recently halted equity grading scheme sparked national uproar and derision, the real lesson of this fiasco is the near-total lack of transparency in the school district’s education decision-making process.
Equity grading, which has been adopted by school districts across the country, is basically grade inflation dressed up in social-justice rhetoric.
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The San Francisco equity grading implosion is therefore both an academic disaster and, even more importantly, an arrogant insult to the democratic process.
While San Francisco’s recently halted equity grading scheme sparked national uproar and derision, the real lesson of this fiasco is the near-total lack of transparency in the school district’s education decision-making process.
Equity grading, which has been adopted by school districts across the country, is basically grade inflation dressed up in social-justice rhetoric.
Read the entire Fox News op-ed.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.