Blog Joy Kirr Blog Joy Kirr

Make Time for What You Believe is Right and Good

We should be focusing on “better” practices, as what is “best” today may not be best for the children we teach in the future. With that in mind, we need to continue to be on the lookout for teaching practices that we feel are right and good for the children we have in front of us.

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Blog Rachael Kettner-Thompson Blog Rachael Kettner-Thompson

5 Reasons to Go Gradeless

In a gradeless classroom, students are expected to be creative, take risks, fail, and learn from their mistakes in the name of improving themselves and gaining knowledge. In my classroom, students assess their own work and one another's.

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Blog Megan Davidhizar Blog Megan Davidhizar

Six Steps to Going Gradeless

Last summer I made the plunge to finally go gradeless. I was ready for my classroom to be centered around learning, not grades. I had visions of motivated students, a continuous flow of feedback, and energy for reviewing student work.

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