Category: Teacher Autonomy

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

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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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The Tyranny of Grading Software

Joe Feldman January 15, 2024

How do electronic gradebooks undermine teachers’ professionalism and anchor them to an inaccurate and unfair grading system? Grading has come a long way from the

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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