Most schools have a late work policy in place but I've found that it requires a balance. I've worked in districts where it was turned in on time or no credit, 10 points off per day, 1 week late with a penalty, two weeks late with a penalty, and anytime during the nine weeks. I think this plays a big role in teacher stress and also student progress. I often hear it's just 1 assignments for my child. Let's look at this in more depth: if a teacher gives 10 assignments in a nine weeks which take about 5-10 minutes to grade per student, and has about 130 students. Opening up 1 late assignment for half the class at the end of the nine weeks would add about 5.25 hours to 10.8 hours of grading time. A focus more recently in education has been grace and flexibility but also responsibility and accountability. I've heard show the student's grace; be flexible in getting assignments submitted but also teach them responsibility and hold them accountable. For teach