Newfoundland and Labrador school board ends ‘no-zero’ policy for assignments
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland and Labrador school district is doing away with a policy forbidding zeros on assignments.
The province’s English School District says while well-intended, the so-called “no zero” policy was having unintended consequences.
School district CEO Tony Stack says many assignments were piling up and it making it increasingly difficult for some students to succeed.
The district says it is implementing a new policy to ensure that students pass in their assignments in a timely manner, while still making allowances for extraordinary circumstances.