Category: Professional Development

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Navigating Shared Decision-Making in Schools: The Complexities of Grading Policies

Joe Feldman April 11, 2024

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

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Trusting Teachers’ Judgments

Joe Feldman December 11, 2023

“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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Why worry about grading?

Joe Feldman November 17, 2022

With all of the pressures and demands on teachers, principals, and districts, why focus on improving how we grade? Grading is more than the final