@Quis.Evans put it into words through his most recent blog,

https://greatschoolvoices.org/2022/05/sobeo-rants-before-you-curse-that-teacher-out-about-grades-read-this-first/

Now you can hear what Michelle Coleman, Assistant Principal, has to say. 

Michelle Coleman is a former ELA educator, now Administrator, who’s experienced both the positive and negative interactions with parents of the scholars she holds to a high academic and cultural expectation. Though she’s experienced some challenges and pushback, her methods resulted in her having the highest ELA growth scores in her school’s network. In this episode, we discuss the 5 solutions stated in the previous blog, https://greatschoolvoices.org/2022/05/sobeo-rants-before-you-curse-that-teacher-out-about-grades-read-this-first/  ,as well as dig into the grades versus the mastery of the standards and lessons taught.

Music By: Jalani Will