'Woke nonsense': The debate over B.C.’s controversial new school grades

Instead of A, B or C, British Columbia now grades kindergarten to Grade 9 students on a scale from 'emerging' to 'extending' — and many parents are confused

“A’s” are gone from British Columbia report cards, but B.C. parents hoping to gauge their child’s performance find the newfangled “descriptive” grading system confusing, according to a new report.

Last year, the B.C. government scrapped the traditional A, B, C grading system for kindergarten to Grade 9 students in favour of a descriptive grading system that saw student progress judged along a scale from “emerging” to “extending.”