
A Prophet in Their Own Land: Why School Leaders Struggle to Lead Grading Reform
“You can’t be a prophet in your own land” is a familiar expression that captures one of the most frustrating realities of organizational change.

“You can’t be a prophet in your own land” is a familiar expression that captures one of the most frustrating realities of organizational change.

Where Action Research Meets Community of Practice in Grading Redesign Grading redesign work rarely fails because educators do not care. It stalls when people are

At Crescendo Education Group, we partner with schools and districts to make grading more accurate, fair, and motivating for every student. A common question we

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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

Who makes decisions in schools? Principals frequently promote “shared decision-making” or “distributed leadership” as a signal to teachers that their voices matter. A principal knows

“Doubting their own professional judgment, teachers often believe that grades calculated from statistical algorithms are more accurate and more reliable.”–Thomas R. Guskey Teachers, as trained
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