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I've found that at my school, which is fairly small, many if not most of the teachers lack rigor in their teaching. One of the ways I know this is because the hardworking students that I have will tell me as a point of comparison to how things are in my class. The problem is that since these kinds of kids make up the minority, the majority don't appreciate me and want to escape from what they think are classes that are too challenging. All I'm expecting is grade-level work. But my urban district has low standards.

The result is that more avoid being in my classes than I would like. I guess it's good that the lazy ones opt out, but they may be taking the so-so kids with them as well. When kids clamor for other classes instead, I worry that it makes me look bad.

Should I care? Can anyone else relate?
Whomever Have you considered using some type of layered curriculum?

You may have to make what it takes to get a C pretty straight forward and easier than makes you comfortable. However, it becomes easier to defend a lower grade. "The student needed to do 8 of these assignments and only did 6."

Then to get a B and an A you can put the "rigo...See More
Sep 9, 2014
What do you do I like this idea. Thanks! I think I sort of already have that happening because I tend to grade more on effort than content. But it's something that could be developed into a system.

On 9/09/14, Whomever wrote: > Have you considered using some type of layered curriculum? > > You may have to make what it takes to get a C pretty str...See More
Sep 12, 2014


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