Edmonton teacher suspended for giving 0s

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53. IF you were a teacher

And you felt that a policy was not only unhelpful to the kids, but downright detrimental to their development, would you blindly follow it, or try to get it changed? And if you could not get that policy changed, wouldn't be your responsibility to protest it and refuse to follow it?

If the kid refuses to do the work, it won't do him or her any good to be pushed onto the next grade level. You aren't doing that student any favors by just giving him a grade. And a zero can seriously hurt them. It's a consequence to not doing the assignment. They aren't learning when they aren't working. And they aren't earning their grade.
So why not give them the grade they earn? You do the work, you get something. You don't do the work, you won't get credit for it.