Category: Student Performance

4 POWERFUL REASONS TO RETHINK REDOS & RETAKES

Courtney Fenner May 2, 2025

I had always known that the concept of redos and retakes existed, theoretically. I only actually employed them in my classroom, though, in exceptional cases

STUDENT MADNESS BEYOND MARCH

Courtney Fenner April 14, 2025

The Rider’s Revelation The alarm buzzes at 5:15 a.m. Stephanie growls to herself and thinks, “But I just got to sleep!” At least that’s what

Portrait of a nervous female student biting her nails over open textbooks with a thought bubble above filled with student dread.

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