TO OUR AMAZING TEACHERS: A HEARTFELT THANKS (AND A GIFT!)
Jamie Carota
May 7, 2026
I come from a family of many teachers, and I did the legwork to get (hopefully) most of it right: 2 Preschool Teachers 3 Elementary
Category: Teacher Empowerment
Equitable Grading in Higher Education: A Faculty – Student Partnership Perspective
Jamie Carota
March 5, 2026
Authors: Teacher Candidate, Pre-service elementary school teacher in the Denver Metro Area, and Elizabeth Cordova, Crescendo Education Group Coach This article is written in partnership
Community of Practice as a Lever in Grading Redesign
Jamie Carota
February 9, 2026
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
Students Tracking Data and Reflecting: How to Foster Motivation, Accuracy, and Fairness in Classrooms
Jamie Carota
December 3, 2025
In my own 8th-grade ELA middle school co-taught classroom in central Maryland, I have recently come to the belief that students often experience learning as something
EQUITABLE GRADING = STRESS REDUCTION
Courtney Fenner
May 27, 2025
Ahh, May! Mental Health Awareness Month. I always have mixed feelings about this month. I believe the more knowledge and awareness we have, the more
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
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