Dublin Unified’s “Grading for Equity” scheme (now cosmetically renamed, as elsewhere, “Standards-Based Grading”) is summarized in that District’s June 27-slide presentation on the subject ( Web Link ), mentioned in the story above.

As in other places — including the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (see Web Link ), this intended wholesale alteration of traditional grading is facing well-reasoned opposition by parents and other taxpayers.

Audience comments in Dublin (including those by individuals who tuned in online) actually continued for about 93 minutes (video at Web Link , comments beginning at 3:54:11). Not all 37 who signed in actually spoke. I believe the actual ratio was 28 OPPOSED (including several students) to one individual who favored Dublin’s grading scheme.

I commented myself against the proposal, as a former 20-year chemistry/math teacher and swim coach in the 70s and 80s in Ohio, with multiple state champion teams in both disciplines — and as someone, even back then, who faced derelict administrative demands for a lessening of standards.

I added that I would not have remained a teacher/coach for 20 years had I been required to engage in the OK-to-turn-homework-in-late (or ignore homework altogether) unprepared classroom, and the test/re-test chaos that results from grading for “equity” (what’s actually going on, whatever it’s called).

Tom Stukel, a Chicago area teacher, decided himself last year, after 17 years of teaching English, that he would not participate in similar gamesmanship ( Web Link ).

The Dublin group opposing the new grading scheme on June 27th has also made its case via a Change.org petition page: Web Link .