Learning often ends when students see a grade, says Starr Sackstein, an Education Week blogger and author of Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. In this video, she offers some quick tips for teachers who want to stop marking student progress with letters and numbers, and instead focus on making learning ongoing. Among other things, she says, teachers should redirect students who ask, “What did I get?” to instead ask, “What did I learn?”
Equity & Diversity
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A Native American Elder Reflects on His Boarding School Experience
Dwight Howe’s Native boarding school experience in the 1970s was mostly positive. Fifty years earlier, it would have been a different story.
English-Language Learners
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From Afghanistan to Austin, One Refugee Student’s Experience
After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Austin's school district received 319 refugee students. Here, one middle schooler's experience.
School Climate & Safety
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They Survived a School Shooting. Here’s What They Want You to Know
The survivors of one school shooting offer insight and advice to future school leaders dealing with similar tragedies in their communities.
Recruitment & Retention
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One District’s Transformative Solution to Its Staffing Shortage
A suburban Virginia school district overhauled its hiring process, enabling it to address a bus driver and teacher shortfall simultaneously.
