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A Teacher Was Fired For Giving Kids Zeroes

A teacher in Florida was fired earlier this month for giving kids zeroes on homework they didn’t turn in.

failing student

failing student

There's a 52-year-old woman named Diane Tirado, and she's been a teacher for almost two decades. At the beginning of the year, she gave her class an assignment. They had two weeks, but some of them didn't turn anything in so Diane gave them zeroes. Earlier this month, she got fired for it.

It turns out the school has a policy that says the lowest grade a student can get is is 50%. When asked about it the school said they are standing by her firing. Frank and Andie talked about the situation this morning.

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