Over the past few years I have been implementing a program in my classroom called ZAP: which stands for Zeros Aren’t Permitted. When a student has a missing or incomplete assignment, I assign them a Friday lunch ZAP session. To be clear, ZAP is not a punishment but a time and place for students to get work done with support from their teacher. Students come in with their lunch and get to work: I am there to answer any questions and help them as needed. Last week my ZAP room was full with students; some students didn’t complete the assignment and a few others didn’t quite understand the content. By the end of the 30-minute ZAP session, each and every student had turned in a complete assignment demonstrating his or her understanding of the skill/concept. That means there wasn’t one missing assignment in my grade book at the end of that school week! I sometimes wonder what would my grade book look like without ZAP support. Would all of my students still be demonstrating mastery of t