Teacher Claims She Was Fired Over ‘No Zero’ Grading Policy

Simon Veazey
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An eighth-grade teacher claims that she was fired after refusing to adhere to a school policy that banned marks lower than 50 percent, even when students handed in no work.

Diane Tirado left her students a message on the whiteboard on Sept. 14, her last day teaching history at a school in Port St. Lucia, Florida:

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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