Empire State University is no longer the gradeless institution it was at its founding in the 70s. But as teacher education professor, Karis Jones discovered, the infrastructure for gradelessness was still there. Despite encountering some resistance, Jones shares way she has built on these infrastructures to apply ungrading practices in thoughtful ways that address tensions that the school had experienced in the past.

Teacher educator, Karis Jones, explains how teachers can use digital spaces to encourage liberatory approaches to language in classroom discourse practices.