My Room: Accepting the Mantle of Classroom Culture
I am a teacher. I am a room. I am a space to fill. I am a culture to create. I am a world to shape.We are teachers. We are rooms. We are spaces to fill. We are cultures to create. We are worlds to shape.
School Culture w/Bennett Jester
This episode features an interview with Bennette Jester, high school student, author of the website My Grading Story and advocate for student voice in learning.
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.
Learning Culture: My Perspective as a Montessori Graduate
So the question is: How do we, people who are interested in making education better for students, help traditional schools adopt some of the things that made my education so far fantastic?
Introducing the Gradeless Classroom to Students
With feedback, students know exactly where they stand and what to do to move forward. That is empowering.
How to Go Gradeless w/Andrew Burnett
This episode features an interview with Andrew Burnett, middle school math teacher and advocate of The Thinking Classroom model developed by Professor Peter Liljedahl from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
Creating a Gradeless Class in a School That Requires Grades
Having spent a good deal of time learning about creating a gradeless classroom, I returned to the classroom ready to make a change.
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.
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.
Teaching the Teacher: Lessons Learned in Shift to Gradeless
Much of the evidence for the gradeless movement focuses on its positive effect on students, as it should. However, when reflecting on the impact of deciding to shift away from traditional grading practices, I realize how much it taught me.
AP English Literature and the Pedagogy of Whiteness
Does AP English Literature and Composition by its very nature privilege whiteness and a white view of literature? Why content and the canon are only part of the problem.
My Journey to a Gradeless Classroom
I was nervous that going gradeless just wouldn’t work and I would have a revolt from the students and parents. None of these things happened. In fact, in all of my years of teaching, I don’t think that I have enjoyed myself more than this past year.