Category: Teacher Empowerment

Hot air balloon

Inflate Balloons, Not Grades

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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The Grade Depression

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

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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?

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

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