An eighth-grade history teacher has claimed that she was fired for refusing to award partial credit to students that didn’t hand in their homework. Today, she is on a mission to eradicate “no-zero” grading policies in schools.
Diane Tirado, 53, explained that West Gate K-8 School in Port St. Lucie, Florida, maintained a “no-zero” policy, meaning that students could not obtain less than 50 percent on any assignment, even if they didn’t hand one in, per Metro.
