Grades have been shown to cultivate a fear of failure among students, at all ages, and inhibit them from taking intellectual ...
When Laura Link works with districts to review their grading policies, she starts by asking a simple question: What are grades for? Are grades meant to motivate students? To help teachers determine ...
That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...
On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...
This might sound impossibly old-fashioned, but I still like the idea that education is about learning: facts, skills, concepts, research, culture, analysis, inspiration. It’s supposed to enrich our ...
Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted.
Joshua Rowe Eyler does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...