Author: Courtney Fenner

GRADING FOR EQUITY: Start Getting Buy-In Today!

Courtney Fenner December 18, 2024

As facilitators and client managers here at Crescendo Education Group, we have met with a wide and diverse breadth of school leaders nationwide from a

Inflate Balloons, Not Grades

Courtney Fenner November 25, 2024

The Shock of Public Scrutiny Early in my teaching career in New York City Public Schools, I knew that my students weren’t getting grades that

The Grade Depression

Courtney Fenner October 24, 2024

The First F In my second year as a New York City Public school teacher, my student, Sharone, declared that the first F she ever